JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR COESPU COURSES,

UNCLAS STATE 012165 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: JO MASS PHUM PREL SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR COESPU COURSES, MARCH 2009 REF: AMMAN 00366 ¶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 Public Security Directorate officials listed in reftel are sponsored by the U.S. to attend Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) courses to begin March 2 and March 9, 2009 in Italy. The names of the candidates follow in "rank, name, date of birth, city of birth (in Jordan),passport number" format: - Intermediate Management Course - 02 March-05 April 2009 1) Captain MAJED ALI AL-KHAWALDEH, 12/4/1978, BALAMA, K159427 2) 1st Lt. WALEED KHALEED ALOMARI, 12/8/1972, IRBID, J933378 3) Lt. MOHAMMAD SULEIMAN OBEIDAT, 04/03/1972, IRBID, K135012 4) Lt. ABDALLAH ALRAMAMNEH, 01/01/1973, SAL'OF, K122700 5) W.O. RA'ED IBRAHIM AlJA"AFREH, 07/1978, THATRAS, K159414 6) W.O. HANI ABDELMEHDI ALARAYNAT, 02/01/1973, RIHA, K101495 7) W.O. AHED MOHAMMAD FAWAZ, 06/05/1977, ANJARA, K159053 8) W.O. MOHAMMAD TURKI JDAITAWI, 12/28/1974, JUMHA, J507002 - High-Level Management - 09 March-05 April 2009 1) LTC MOHAMED IBRAHEM ALAZZAM, 11/05/1960, KUFRAAN, I503978 2) LTC SAMI ISMAIL ALKHARABSHEH, 05/17/1964, ALMIDMAAR, K121820 ¶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