JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6901

UNCLAS STATE 051755 SENSITIVE SIPDIS EMBASSY AMMAN FOR LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: JO MASS PHUM PREL ASEC PINS SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6901 REF: AMMAN 0999 ¶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 Jordanian officials have been selected to participate, or are considered alternates, for U.S. sponsored ATA training Course 6901 - Senior Crisis Management, to begin 1-June-2009 in Washington, D.C. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: 1) BGD, Majed M. M. Daasin, Tubas, 14-DEC-1958 2) COL, Aref Salem Fahed Al Rodan, Thagrat Al Jubb, 3-JUN-1960 3) COL, Atef S. H. Mseidiyyin, Bsaira, 6-JAN-1962 4) COL, Adnan Ibrahim Khalaf Al Zboon, Qafqafa, 12-MAY-1963 5) COL, Hmoud Mohammad Awwad Abu Hazim, Salt, 15-JAN-1965 6) LTC, Hani M. I. Al Mahamid, Zarqa, 7-FEB-1963 7) LTC, Eid Sliman Qablan Al Hjaleh, Qafqafa, 10-FEB-1970 8) LTC, Khaled Abdallah Atallah Al Qutawneh, Zarqa, 27-MAY-1969 ¶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