JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR "ANALYSIS OF

UNCLAS STATE 014107 SENSITIVE SIPDIS AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM ASEC JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR "ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC COMMODITY TRANSFERS" WORKSHOP - 21-23 FEBRUARY 2010 REF: AMMAN 208 ¶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 customs officials have been selected to participate in, or are considered alternates for, U.S. sponsored training scheduled to begin on or about 21-Feb-2010 at the Cooperative Monitoring Center in Amman, Jordan. The names of the candidates follow in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan unless otherwise noted),birth date" format: 1, COL, Mohammad Samir Al Khatib Al Tamimi, Jarash, 17-SEP-1961 2, LTC, Wafaa Abdulla Abdul Rahman Abu Ghazzi, Kuwait, 19-AUG-1963 3, LTC, Ismail Abdel Muhsen Ayed Al Wraikat, Jbaiha, 01-MAR-1965 4, MAJ, Rasshed Suleiman Mohammad Al Shatti, Dirar, 03-NOV-1964 5, CAPT, Rami Majed Aref Al Rousan, Irbid, 29-APR-1972 6, CAPT, Loai Abd Almu'ti Mohammad Al Kelani, Jdaita, 03-AUG-1973 7, 1LT, Abdel Ghani Khalil Abdel Ghani Al Soud, Tafila, 21-JUN-1969 8, 2LT, Iyad Yousef Mahmoud Barham, Mafraq, 01-JAN-1973 ¶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