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