JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST

UNCLAS STATE 019468 SENSITIVE SIPDIS PASS TO POLMIL OFFICER RAJ WADHWANI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC EWWT PREL JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT SECURITY COURSE (AMMAN 0457, 0512, 0556) REF: A. AMMAN 0457 ¶B. AMMAN 0512 ¶C. AMMAN 0556 ¶D. AND PREVIOUS ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftels A-C Leahy vetting requests, 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 reftels are scheduled to participate in a U.S. Coast Guard-sponsored Port Physical Security/ Port Vulnerability course in Jordan, scheduled to begin April 12, 2009. The names of the candidates follow in "title or rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: Ref A (Amman 0457) 1) Head of Maritime Safety and Accident Investigation Division, Mohammad Hammoudeh Yacoub Al Asha'al, Aqbat Jabr, 07/14/1966 2) Major, Jehad Hmuod Amear Aladwan, Amman, 05/12/1975 3) Captain, Adel Mohammad Issa Ma'ani, Ramtha, 05/01/1975 4) Security Officer, Bassam Mohammad Aide Al-Rufu, Zarqa, 05/11/1963 5) Security Officer, Ziad Abdel-Hamid Salem Alqatamin, Namta, 03/20/1963 Ref B (Amman 0512) 1) Captain, Issa Mohammad Issa Alzaghaybeh, Tafila, 11/19/1978 2) Security Shift Leader, Ayman Shaher Quran, Tafila, 01/29/1975 3) Security Shift Leader, Hamza Salim Daqaq, Madaba, 01/01/1971 Ref C (Amman 0556) 1) Head of Aqaba Customs Control, Nabil B. M. Ataiwi, Amman, 1958 (Year of birth available only) 2) Head of Manifest Procedures at Aqaba Customs, Ghazi Mahmoud Mohammad Altaweel, Al Kitta, 08/01/1962 ¶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