JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE

UNCLAS STATE 103660 SENSITIVE SIPDIS EMBASSY AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 7507, 12 OCTOBER 2009 REF: AMMAN 2026 ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of information regarding incidents which could be deemed to be credible information of a gross violation of human rights by these individuals, the Embassy should so inform the Department. ¶2. (SBU) The following Jordanian officials have been selected to participate in, or are considered alternates for, U.S.-sponsored ATA Course 7507, Jordan Explosives Detector Dogs and Handlers, scheduled to begin October 12 2009 in Front Royal, Virginia, USA. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: 1, CAPT, Ala' Abdullah Ali Al Mhareb, Amman, 09-NOV-1977 2, SGT, Mikhled Suleiman Naser Al Muhareb, Sahab, 07-MAR-1979 3, SGT, Salem Faleh Azeel Al Mohammad, Qasir El Halabat, 05-MAR-1978 4, SGT, Mahmoud Ibrahim Yousef Al Mahameed, Amman, 01-SEP-1980 5, SGT, Tariq Khlaif Mohammad Al Bnaian, Amman, 23-MAR-1981 6, CPL, Mohammad Dekhil Khaled Al Elaimat, Dahel Jarash, 01-FEB-1984 7, SGT, Mohammad Jad Allah Saleh Ababneh, Irbid, 05-FEB-1980 8, PVT, Ibrahim Matar Saeed Ala Kaydeh, Mughayyer, 14-APR-1980 9, CPL, Hamza Ouda Abdalrahman Al Rawashdeh, Jerash, 10-OCT-1982 10, PVT, Nart Mowoideh Mohammed Toghog, Amman, 29-MAY-1980 ¶3. (SBU) Post is permitted to provide the following statement to authorized parties: Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals identified in paragraph 2 above, as of this date. Post may cite this cable in response. CLINTON