JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE

UNCLAS STATE 098272 SENSITIVE SIPDIS EMBASSY AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6900, 27 SEPTEMBER 2009 REF: AMMAN 2029 ¶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 in, or are considered alternates for, U.S.-sponsored ATA Course 6900, Jordan Explosives Countermeasures, scheduled to begin September 27 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: 1, 2LT, Khaled Mohammad Awad Alleimon, Karak, 03-MAR-1974 2, 2LT, Mutasem Mohammad Ahmad Al Shorman, Irbid, 10-JAN-1972 3, WO, Ahmad Jamal Saleh Al Huniti, Amman, 20-SEP-1982 4, WO, Mohammad Tayseer Ahmad Al Nawaysah, Karak, 20-SEP-1976 5, WO, Ali Abdallah Falah Al Shobaki, Amman, 12-FEB-1977 6, SGT, Abdallah Ali Sulaiman Al Shlol, Irbid, 26-SEP-1976 7, SGT, Mustafa Ahmad Mustafa Qarqoudeh, Jreash, 05-MAY-1980 8, SGT, Hamad Ibrahim Hassan Al Ababneh, Irbid, 23-OCT-1981 9, SGT, Mowafaq Falah Oklah Al Shehadat, Qutraneh, 05-NOV-1980 10, SGT, Mamoun Abdelkarim Jebrel Khatib, Amman, 05-JUL-1978 11, SGT, Baker Mufleh Salameh Qaaydeh, Madaba, 01-MAR-1985 12, SGT, Ahmad Mansour Ahmad Al Dalabeh, Mafraq, 02-JUN-1983 13, CPL, Ahmad Ayub Ali Al Adwan, Amman, 02-DEC-1982 14, CPL, Anas Fu'ad Ahmad Al Mbaidin, Karak, 26-DEC-1986 15, CPL, Osama Mohammad Salem Al Kousheh, Amman, 19-DEC-1985 16, PVT, Awwad Mohammad Alawad Al Kharabsheh, Salt, 21-DEC-1986 ¶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