JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ROYAL JORDANIAN

UNCLAS STATE 110421 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 ROYAL JORDANIAN AIR FORCE OFFICERS SEPT - DEC 2009 REF: AMMAN 1973 ¶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 training scheduled to take place in the first quarter of FY10 in the US. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) Officials: 1, LT, Ghaid Mohammad Hamad Al Smadi, Ajloun, 08-APR-1982 2, WO, Omar Saleh Mahmoud Shabatat, Amman, 20-OCT-1977 3, SSGT, Younes Ahmad Saleh Al Zyoud, Hashimieh, 01-MAY-1978 4, 1SG, Majd Sami (Mohammad Ali) Al Zoubi, Irbid, 27-SEP-1980 5, SGT, Yousef Mohammad Abd Al Kareem Al Manassh, Al, 01-OCT-1983 ¶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