JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR SENIOR

UNCLAS STATE 092640 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 SENIOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR 07 SEPT 09 REF: AMMAN 1997 ¶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 Royal Jordanian Air Force official has been selected to participate, or is considered an alternate for, the U.S.-sponsored "Senior Executive Seminar," at the Marshall Center in Morocco, scheduled to begin September 07, ¶2009. The name of the candidate that follows is listed in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: BGN, Hussein Awad Amer Al Noaimi, Awarta, 09-MAY-1958 ¶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