JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR COESPU TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 127692 SENSITIVE SIPDIS AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM MASS JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR COESPU TRAINING COURSES, 18 JANUARY 2010 REF: AMMAN 2668 ¶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 Public Security Directorate officials have been selected to participate in, or are considered alternates for, U.S.-sponsored training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vicenza, Italy, scheduled to begin 18-Jan-2010. The names of the candidates follow in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),birth date" format: 1, CAPT, JUM'AH MOHAMMAD AL BQOUR, YARQA, 14-AUG-1968 2, 1LT, EYAD YOUSEF AL OMAR, KUFR ASAD, 02-OCT-1971 3, 1LT, AMER AHMAD AL DHMOUR, KARAK, 04-APR-1984 4, 1LT, MOHAMMAD HUSSIEN AL NAWAISEH, KARAK, 01-SEP-1984 5, CAPT, OSAMA IZZELDEEN AL HUSAN, AJLOUN, 17-MAY-1980 6, CAPT, YASER H.S. AL TALAFEEH, KHREIBT AL SOUQ, 05-JAN-1968 7, CAPT, ALI IMHAMMAD AL JA'AFREH, THAT RAS, 02-MAR-1970 8, CAPT, FARIS AWWAD AL EASSA, DAFYANA, 01-DEC-1980 9, CAPT, IBRAHIM JUMAH AL FALAHAT, FALIHA, 02-DEC-1969 10, 1LT, HAMZA ABDALLAH AL WREIKAT, ABU NSAIR, 01-JUL-1984 11, 2LT, MOHAMMAD ABDALLAH GHREIZ, AMMAN, 20-DEC-1977 12, 2LT, ISSA MAHMOUD AL MAWAZREH, MAIN, 01-SEP-1985 13, LTC, KHAMIS ABBD AL KHATTAB, MAAN, 27-AUG-1971 14, MAJ, SALEM ALI ABU SAFIA, BEIT AKSA, 5-JUL-1965 15, LTC, MOHAMAD MAHMUD EL HUWAYAN, AMMAN, 5-FEB-1968 16, LTC, MOHAMMAD HAMDAN EL EBOUS, AMMAN, 24-AUG-1968 17, MAJ, NATHEER ABDALLH AMAYREH, SALT, 17-MAR-1965 18, MAJ, AWWAD SYYAH AL SHARAFAT, MUKAYFITA, 20-NOV-1975 ¶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