JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA ACTUVUE

UNCLAS STATE 011280 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: JO KCRM MASS PHUM PREL SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA ACTUVUE SITE VISIT REF: AMMAN 00274 ¶1. (SBU) In response to referenced 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 listed in reftel are scheduled to participate in a US-sponsored Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Jordan Call Center Project site visit beginning February 13, 2009 in New Jersey. The names of the candidates follow in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan), year of birth" format: 1) COL, ZIED AHMAD MUSTAFA AL-ZOBI, ZARQA, 12/26/1964 2) MAJ, NOUR MUSTAFA HUSSEIN BENI-YOUSEF, IRBID, 1972 3) 1ST LT, KHALID BASHEER ABDUL KAREEM AL-MASRI, AS-SALT, 1971 4) WARRANT OFFICER (WO),OMAR IBRAHIM ABD-ALKARIM AL-ZWAHREH, ZARQA, 1984 5) WO, HAMZEH IBRAHIM BANI BAKER, IRBID, 1984 6) WO, ABDALLAH ALI SALEM ALQDAH, KARAK, 1981 7) WO, BILAL ABDELFATTAH FAHID Al-SERHAN, AMMAN, 1982 ¶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