JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE

UNCLAS STATE 071284 SENSITIVE SIPDIS PASS TO LEAHY VETTING OFFICER MARIO CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MASS PHUM PREL JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6899, INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE, 12 JULY 2009 REF: A. AMMAN 1499 ¶B. AMMAN 1401 ¶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: AMMAN 1499 1) MAJ, MA'MOUN MOUHAMAD ELIAN OLIEMAT, ZARQA, 22-Jul-1973 2) 1LT, SAMEEH KHALF SALEM AL ASAAD, RAMTHA, 1-Jan-1969 AMMAN 1401 1) LTC, ZIAD ALI MOHAMMAD GOGAZEH, JARASH, 18-Jan-1971 2) MAJ, HAITHAM SULTAN AHMAD AL AZZAM, IRBID, 19-Sep-1977 3) MAJ, SHAKER AHMAD ALI MEFLEH, JARASH, 1-Feb-1973 ¶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