JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR HOMELAND

UNCLAS STATE 110424 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 HOMELAND NATIONAL DEFENSE COURSE, 15 NOVEMBER 2009 REF: AMMAN 2154 ¶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, the U.S.-sponsored Second Annual Javelin System International Group (JSIG) training, scheduled to begin November 15, 2009 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: 1, LTC, Issam Jalal Ali El Amaireh, Amman, 27-OCT-1966 2, MAJ, Saleh Salem Mutlag Al Zwaideh, At Tuwaysa, 01-JAN-1974 3, CPT, Khaldoon Hussein Abdallah Rsheidat, Huwwara, 14-AUG-1977 ¶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