JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR DEA SPONSORED

UNCLAS STATE 094917 SENSITIVE SIPDIS NICOSIA FOR DEA CYPRUS COUNTRY OFFICE AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER MCRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR JO CY SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR DEA SPONSORED PROGRAM FOR GOJ OFFICERS REF: A. NICOSIA 0565 ¶B. AMMAN 2024 ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftels 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 Public Security Directorate officials have been selected to participate in, or are considered alternates for, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-sponsored program coordinated by DEA's New York Field Office, to begin September 16, 2009 in New York. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: ¶1. MAJ, Ayman Ibrahim Abdelmahdi Al Sarayreh, Karak, 6-Nov-1976 ¶2. MAJ, Amer Bader Al Deen Mohammad Al Widyan, Irbid, 1-Jun-1969 ¶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