JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC

UNCLAS STATE 092173 SENSITIVE SIPDIS EMBASSY AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER MCRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM COURSE 06-SEPT-09 REF: AMMAN 1852 ¶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 Royal Air Force official has been selected to participate in, or is considered an alternate for, the U.S.-sponsored "Electromagnetic Spectrum Management" course, due to begin September 6, 2009. The name of the candidate that follows is listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: CPT, Ma'amoun Zayed Ibrahim Abuqamer, Maro, 26-Aug-1974 ¶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