JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6507

UNCLAS STATE 002957 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: JO KCRM MASS PHUM PREL SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6507 REF: 08 AMMAN 03376 ¶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 officials listed in reftel are scheduled to attend US-sponsored Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program training course 6507, Cyber Terrorism Consultation, to begin March 2, 2009 in Washington D.C. The names of the candidates follow in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),year of birth" format: 1) COL, AHMAD ABED ALKADER KHALED AL-JAMAL, ZARQA, 10/4/1960 2) COL, KHALID MOHAMMAD ALI QTAISH, IRBID, 10/2/1961 3) LTC, KASSAB MOHAMAD ABDELRAHMAN BANI ISSA, DAIR ABI SAID, 5/26/1969 4) LTC, ALI AHMAD SALEH ALZOUBI, RAMTHA, 10/27/1969 5) MAJ, KHALED AHMED FALEH AL-SHLOUL, AQABA, 2/9/1966 6) MAJ, MOHAMMAD FAHAD FAYAD ALADAMMAT, ZARQA, 11/28/1976 7) MAJ, MWAFAQ KAZI MUTLEQ ALHBASS, HAUSHA, 3/1/1967 8) COL, TAYSEER MOHAMAD AHMAD MAHASNEH, BAIT YAFA, 9/1/1962 9) LTC, JUM'AH FALEH IBRAHIM ALTWAIJER, TAFILA, 2/10/1967 ¶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. RICE