JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE

UNCLAS STATE 069625 SENSITIVE SIPDIS PASS TO LEAHY VETTING OFFICER MARIO CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC MASS PHUM PREL JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6899, INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE, 12 JULY 2009 REF: AMMAN 1285 ¶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 the U.S.-sponsored "Instructor Development Course," to begin July 12, 2009 in Amman, Jordan. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: 1) LTC, YASEEN YAHYA ADBDALLA AL MOSLY, AMMAN, 28-Jun-1966 2) CAPT, MAEN AHMAD MOHAMMED AL ANSAWAH, AMMAN, 1-Feb-1978 3) 1LU, ANWAR SLEMAN SALMAN AL ABADI, SALT, 16-Sep-1987 4) MAJ, OQLAH RAKAD YOUSEF AL OQLAH, IRBID, 27-Sep-1967 5) LTC, SALEH OWIESS MEFLEH AL EMOUSH, MAFRAQ, 1-Aug-1971 6) MAJ, OMAR SALAMH HASSAN AL SHAKATRAH, MADABA, 14-Dec-1972 7) MAJ, MIRZA FAKHRI ALI BAZADOG, BAHRAIN, 8-Jul-1973 8) MAJ, RABEE ALI ABD ALMAJEED ABU AL GHANAM, MADABA, 20-Dec-1975 9) 1LU, MESLEH MORTATHA IBRAHEEM AL JAFREH, KARAK, 1-Mar-1971 10) LTC, MOHAMMAD MAHMOUD ODEH EL HUWAYAN, AMMAN, 5-Feb-1968 11) LTC, ABD ELMAJEED MAHMOUD ABD ELMAJEED HAILAT, IRBED, 4-Apr-1971 12) MAJ, WESAM MOHAMMAD ALI AL HABAHBEH, AMMAN, 23-May-1971 13) MAJ, AHMAD ABD ELKAREEM MUSA AL SARAYRAH, KARAK, 18-Dec-1960 14) MAJ, WASFY RAJA EAD AL JAHMANI, ROMTHA, 15-Jul-1972 15) CAPT, WAEL NIMER AHMAD SULAIMAN, JORDAN VALLY, 3-Jan-1976 16) CAPT, MAHMUD SALEH BAIER ALSHEYYAB, IRBED, 6-Apr-1976 17) CAPT, FUAD MOSA SALEM SAWALHA, IRBED, 1-Jun-1968 18) 1LU, ALI MOHAMMAD MUHSEN AL JARIRI, AMMAN, 29-Jul-1983 19) 1LU, OSAMA IZ-ALDEEN MOHAMMAD AL HUSAN, AJLON, 17-May-1980 20) CAPT, SAED AHMAD SAED AL BATAINEH, AMMAN, 3-Jul-1977 ¶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