DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -

UNCLAS STATE 008685

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
ILEA-BANGKOK'S SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS COURSE

REF: MANILA 143


1. (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that,
as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross
violations of human rights for the individuals identified below.
These individuals are candidates for a Supervisory Criminal
Investigators Course, which starts February 16, 2009 and ends March
27, 2009 at ILEA-Bangkok in Thailand.


2. (U) Candidates:

PCINSP Ricky P. Delelis, DOB: December 23, 1974
POB: Cagayan, Philippines
Unit: Criminal Investigations and Detection Group,
Headquarters, Philippine National Police

PSUPT Danilo A. Bacas, DOB: December 7, 1969
POB: Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Unit: Police Regional Office, Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao

PSSUPT Noli Talino, DOB: January 14, 1963
POB: Pangasinan, Philippines
Unit: Police Provincial Office, La Union

Inspector Joel M. Tovera, DOB: September 25, 1968
POB: La Union, Philippines
Unit: National Bureau of Investigation, Interpol Division

Inspector Madrino A. De Jesus, DOB: April 2, 1969
POB: Makati City, Philippines
Unit: National Bureau of Investigation, Interpol Division


3. (U) Post may 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.


4. (U) If, in the future, post becomes aware of possible human rights
violations by the individuals listed above, post should inform the
Department and not proceed with training.


5. (U) POC for this action is Jameson DeBose:
-Email: DeBoseJL@state.gov,
-Phone: 202-647-2989
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