JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR RJAF OFFICERS

UNCLAS STATE 127613 SENSITIVE SIPDIS AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR RJAF OFFICERS TRAINING, 19 DECEMBER 2009 REF: AMMAN 2665 ¶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 Royal Jordanian Air Force officials have been selected to participate in, or are considered alternates for, U.S.-sponsored training, scheduled to begin 19-Dec-2009 in the U.S. The names of the candidates follow in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),birth date" format: 1, 2LT, Hazem Ibrahim Abdrazaq Al Maita, Zarqa, 18-FEB-1984 2, 1LT, Hasan Ahmad Mohammad Obeidat, Irbid, 01-APR-1979 ¶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