JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST

UNCLAS STATE 011221 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC EWWT PREL JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT SECURITY COURSE REF: A. AMMAN 00333 ¶B. AMMAN 00345 ¶1. (SBU) In response to referenced Leahy vetting requests, 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 listed in reftels are scheduled to participate in a U.S. Coast Guard-sponsored Port Physical Security/ Port Vulnerability course in Jordan, scheduled to begin April 12, 2009. The names of the candidates follow in "title or rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),year of birth" format: 1) Head of Jordan Customs' Fourth Clearing Unit, Hamzeh Salem Safhan Rawashdeh, Ayy, 03/03/1964 2) Director of Aqaba Customs Center, Monther Abdel Qader Mazen Al Muaddi, Tila Al Ali, 07/01/1958 3) Jordan Customs' Head of Clearance Affairs, Abedalqader Ahmad Abedalqader Alqaddomi, Al Salt, 12/29/1966 4) Major, Public Security Directorate (PSD),Amer Mohammad Amin Fuad Zaid Alkilani, Amman, 08/11/1972 5) LTCOL, PSD, Majed Kamal Abdallah Qtaishat, Al Salt, 09/01/1970 6) 1LT, PSD, Ibrahim Hussien O'deh Al-Neimat, Ma'an, 12/11/1981 7) 1STLT, Rafat Nayel Tawfiq Almajali, Al Qasr, 12/14/1981 8) Major, Sharaf Mohammad Sbeitan Aljawazneh, Jawza, 02/20/1975 9) LTCOL, Mahmoud Ali Odeh Hijazi, A Turra, 08/24/1970 10) Major, Moh'd Mu'men Moh'd Abukaraki, Kuwait, 12/26/1971 ¶3. (U) 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