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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05ASUNCION703 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OPDAT JASON GULL [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Jason Gull, for travel to Asuncion during the period of June 2, 2005 to June 4, 2005 for the purpose of meetings with EmbOff and host government officials on Intellectual Property Matters. The contact officer for the visit is Scott J. Thorley, office [...] |
2005-05-25 02:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS KCRM PA RSO NAS FBI DEA LEGATT |
| 05YEREVAN2045 |
ARMENIA: TRANSFER OF CUSTODY OF L.A. MURDER [...] (SBU) On November 21, Armenian authorities transferred fugitive suspect Akop Akopyan to U.S. custody. Akopyan, a U.S. Permanent Resident but still an Armenian citizen, was the prime suspect in a September 2000 gangland murder in Los Angeles. The location, apprehension and eventual transfer of [...] |
2005-11-22 10:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ASEC CFED CPAS SOCI GG AM FBI |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2437 |
UPDATE ON AMIA INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Local press coverage of the October 25 release of the AMIA Prosecutors' report remains relatively low-key. The Iranian Mission here has rejected the Prosecutors' findings, dismissed the report as the work of the CIA and Mossad, and cautioned Argentine officials not to repeat th [...] |
2006-10-27 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2455 |
AMIA ARREST WARRANTS COULD COME EARLIER THAN [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Prosecutor Alberto Nisman told CDA and EmbOffs that Judge Canicoba Corral could issue arrest warrants for the eight indictees as early as this Friday, November 3. It was expected that Canicoba Corral would not want the case sitting on his desk for any length of time, but ra [...] |
2006-11-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2630 |
AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, Ambassador discussed judicial reform issues with members of the Argentine Supreme Court, including outgoing President Enrique Petracchi, incoming President Ricardo Lorenzetti, and Justices Juan Carlos Maqueda, Elena Highton, and Carmen Maria Argibay. The Justice [...] |
2006-11-28 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2637 |
AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTORS CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, AMIA prosecutors Alberto Nisman and Marcelo Martinez Burgos called on the Ambassador to express their deep appreciation for the USG's support for their investigation and publicly for our public support following the release of their report. They noted that their [...] |
2006-11-28 21:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2665 |
AMIA UPDATE: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH MFA'S [...] (C) At a November 28, event, Ambassador and DCM spoke with Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, Senior Advisor to Deputy Foreign Minister, Roberto Garcia Moritan, about the MFA's perspective on the AMIA case. Ambassador Gonzalez has been charged with managing AMIA at the MFA. He said the MFA is s [...] |
2006-11-30 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2805 |
ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEETING WITH MFA ON AMIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 DCM, Emboffs, and visiting Staffdel members met with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Cappagli to discuss the recent Interpol response to the AMIA case and tri-border issues. Staffdel members underlined the importance of responding to INTERPOL Secretary Gener [...] |
2006-12-21 18:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 06MEXICO6278 |
THE RADICALIZATION OF AMLO? [...] (SBU) After virtually two weeks of silence, defeated presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) took a more radical line in a speech to supporters of the Popular Assembly for the People of Oaxaca (APPO), backing the protests in Oaxaca and criticizing President Fox's decision to [...] |
2006-11-04 01:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON FBI DHS PAS DAO CONS OPAD DCM POL AID |
| 06MEXICO6546 |
PRD PREPARES FOR TWIN INAUGURATIONS [...] (C) Poloff met with PRD leaders and Mexico City government (GDF) officials to discuss PRD plans for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) self-styled inauguration on November 20 and for the official inauguration of President-elect Felipe Calderon on December 1. For November 20, the PRD expects [...] |
2006-11-17 23:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON FBI DHS PAS DAO CONS OPAD DCM POL AID |
| 06RIYADH7097 |
SAUDI REACTION TO SENTENCING OF HOMAIDAN AL-TURKI [...] (S/NF) The August 31, 2006, sentencing by a Colorado court of Homaidan Al-Turki to 28 years to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid has provoked calls for a boycott of U.S. products and the return of Saudis studying in the U.S. Some Saudi contacts even fear that this [...] |
2006-09-10 11:29:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | AORC ELAB FBI KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA |
| 06WELLINGTON1007 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI A/SC JORGE [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Acting Section Chief (A/SC) Jorge L. Martinez, Unit Chief (UC) Raymond T. Goergen, and Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), Cyber Division, to New Zealand February 27, 2007 to March 1, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to atten [...] |
2006-12-19 21:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC FBI NZ XB XU AS |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1327 |
AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH AMIA FRIENDS AND FAMILY [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Ambassador Wayne, accompanied by Legal Attache and poloff, met with representatives from the Friends and Families of victims of the 1994 Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) terrorist attack (FAV). The Ambassador praised the FAV's efforts to keep the memory o [...] |
2007-07-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI IS |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1802 |
ARGENTINA: AMIA DICUSSES INTERPOL GA VOTE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. On September 4, Ambassador Wayne met with the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Luis Grynwald and other AMIA officials to discuss AMIA's strategy to ensure that the INTERPOL General Assembly (GA) votes to uphold its Executive Committee's (EC) decision [...] |
2007-09-10 17:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES182 |
CLASH AT INTERPOL LEADS TO HEIGHTENED TENSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On January 22, an Argentine delegation, led by MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez and including AMIA special prosecutors, met at Interpol headquarters in Lyon with Secretary General Noble and other Interpol officials to argue their case for issuing Red Notices for the [...] |
2007-01-31 17:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES205 |
AMIA UPDATE: ARGENTINA LIKELY TO REQUEST QUIET USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met February 1 with MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez (who has the lead on the AMIA case) to discuss GOA strategy to prepare for the March Interpol Executive Committee meeting that will likely decide whether Red Notices will be issued for the arrest of the nine suspects in t [...] |
2007-02-02 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES249 |
AMIA RED NOTICES: DOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Visiting DOJ Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher and Criminal Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz met February 7 with MFA Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Ambassador Cappagli, MFA SIPDIS AMIA-lead Ambassador Gonzalez and other senior MFA of [...] |
2007-02-08 18:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV FBI AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES262 |
ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana and Vice FM Garcia Moritan asked visiting U/S Burns and A/S Shannon for strong USG support for GOA requests for Interpol Red Notices on nine suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing. U/S Burns expressed steadfast support for the GOA's pursuit of justic [...] |
2007-02-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV FBI AR IR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES263 |
ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana and Vice FM Garcia Moritan asked visiting U/S Burns and A/S Shannon for strong USG support for GOA requests for Interpol Red Notices on nine suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing. U/S Burns expressed steadfast support for the GOA's pursuit of justic [...] |
2007-02-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV FBI AR IR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES322 |
U/S BURNS AND A/S SHANNON HEAR ARGENTINE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of AMIA (Argentine Israeli Mutual Association) and DAIA (Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations) welcomed Undersecretary Nicholas Burns and Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon to the AMIA building for a public wreath laying and a separate private meeting. The [...] |
2007-02-16 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL FBI IR AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES422 |
(C) SUPPORTING THE AMIA TERROR INVESTIGATION AT [...] (C) In anticipation of a senior level interagency meeting early this week, I would like to restate the importance of the USG supporting the efforts of Argentina's prosecutors to pursue justice in the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing case. I understand the need for full debate of the sensitive issue [...] |
2007-03-05 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES520 |
ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT WELCOMES AMIA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Interpol Executive Committee (EC) recommended by consensus the issuance of Red Notices against five Iranian officials and one Hizballah - Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) leader wanted in connection with the July 18, 1994 suicide bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutua [...] |
2007-03-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 07BUENOSAIRES881 |
MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met separately with Minister of Justice Alberto Iribarne on April 24 and Prosecutor General Esteban Righi on April 27 to discuss upcoming USDOJ consultations and training seminars; GOA efforts to introduce judicial reform; trafficking in persons (ref A); and passage [...] |
2007-05-04 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES93 |
AMIA UPDATE: NISMAN TRAVELS TO LYON WITH [...] (C/NF) LEGATT and the Department of Justice's Office of International Affairs (OIA) have reviewed the GOA's revised application for Interpol arrest warrants ("Red Notices"), which AMIA Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman gave to LEGATT on January 17. LEGATT advises that the 9-page application [...] |
2007-01-19 22:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUST AR IR FBI |
| 07ROME478 |
ITALY SYMPATHETIC TO ARGENTINA'S INTERPOL PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT KFTFN |
| 07SINGAPORE480 |
DEMARCHE ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-09 06:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL |
| 07STATE29082 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST - ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12. (U) SUMMARY ----------- 2. (C) Argentina has asked for USG assistance in persuading Interpol to issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national thought by Argentina [...] |
2007-03-08 04:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AR LE PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT |
| 07STATE67683 |
MISSING AMERICAN CITIZEN IN IRAN [...] (U) This is an action message ) please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services targeted and detained retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a trip to Kish Island. Iranian authorities may have believed he was sti [...] |
2007-05-17 14:51:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AR KISL KJUS LE PGOV PREL PTER FBI PRT KTFN ASEC IR |
| 07TELAVIV736 |
ISRAEL MFA INFORMED OF USG INTEREST IN AMIA CASE [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche, Israeli MFA Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Department Director Yehuda Yaakov expressed appreciation for the update on the USG interest in the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) bombing case, calling it a "front and center" issue for the MFA. [...] |
2007-03-08 13:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL FBI KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL KIRF |
| 08BUENOSAIRES246 |
CODEL ENGEL VISITS AMIA AND DISCUSSES CONCERN OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 22, Ambassador Wayne and a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation headed by Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) met with the political leadership of the Argentine Jewish community (DAIA) and the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA). During the [...] |
2008-02-27 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 08BUENOSAIRES358 |
ARGENTINA COMMEMORATES 1992 ISRAEL EMBASSY BOMBING [...] (SBU) On March 17, the GOA and the Israeli government held a ceremony commemorating the 16th anniversary of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. During the event, Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez gave a candid and critical assessment of the GOA's investigation into the [...] |
2008-03-20 08:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER AR FBI IS |
| 08BUENOSAIRES367 |
ARGENTINA: FBI'S AD FUENTES DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 5-6 visit to Argentina, FBI Assistant Director Tom Fuentes met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, the Province of Cordoba, and the city of Buenos Aires to discuss ongoing U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those [...] |
2008-03-20 16:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI |
| 08BUENOSAIRES702 |
ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ARREST OF MENEM AND OTHERS FOR ""LOCAL CONNECTION"" COVER-UP REF: A. 1998 BUENOS AIRES 05826 B. 2004 BUENOSAIRES 2540 C. BUENOS AIRES 646 AND PREVIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Alberto Nisman, Argentina's Special Prosecutor to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack against the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, has requested the arrest of former President Carlos Menem, former federal judge Juan Galeano, and [...] |
2008-05-22 22:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
| 08BUENOSAIRES759 |
ARGENTINA: FBI'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 21-22 visit to Argentina, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (ref A) to discuss U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those leaders th [...] |
2008-06-03 17:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI |
| 08BUENOSAIRES990 |
ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...] |
2008-07-18 21:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE |
| 08COTONOU327 |
BENIN'S NOMINEES FOR CYBERCRIME WORSHOP [...] Per reftel, the following individuals are Benin's nominees to participate in the West Africa Regional Cybercrime Workshop to be held from July 9-11, 2008 in Cotonou Benin: A. Olivier Ghezo, Director of Legislation, Codification, and Seals, Ministry of Justice; Email: golflu@yahoo.fr, Cell: 0 [...] |
2008-06-05 16:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | LEGAT INL NAS DEA FBI DHS DOJ RLA PGOV BN |
| 08SANTIAGO82 |
NEW INTERPOL INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT [...] (U) The head of Chile's investigative police (Policia de Investigaciones de Chile - PICH), Arturo Herrera Verdugo, was January 22 named to Interim President of Interpol's Executive Committee, in the wake of the resignation of South African Jackie Selbi, who faces corruption charges. According [...] |
2008-01-25 20:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FBI KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES247 |
ARGENTINE JUDGE ORDERS ATTACHMENT OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman obtained from federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral an order for the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires province allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani [...] |
2009-03-06 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KJUS FBI AR IR |
| 09DJIBOUTI1043 |
DJIBOUTI: REQUEST BY PROSECUTOR-GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post requests FBI assistance to investigate suspected fraud against the Djibouti-based "Banque pour le Commerce et L'industrie Mer Rouge" (Red Sea Bank for Commerce and Industry, or "BCI-MR"), which also involves several U.S.-based financial institutions and c [...] |
2009-08-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PREL KCRM FBI DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1193 |
GODJ WELCOMES ENGAGEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a visit of Cairo-based Department of Justice (DOJ) attache to Djibouti, GODJ officials uniformly reiterated their willingness to cooperate with the USG on judicial issues. The Minister of Justice and other senior officials confirmed that if the U.S. did not want to conc [...] |
2009-10-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER FBI DJ |
| 09MOSCOW1051 |
SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S TRIP TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Director Mueller: Your engagement with Russia's top law enforcement and security service heads provides an opportunity to help re-build US-Russian relations, following the positive trajectory set by Presidents Obama and Medvedev at their April 1 meeting in London. The Russian leadershi [...] |
2009-04-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | FBI PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
| 10KABUL143 |
SPOT REPORT: MULTIPLE ATTACKS IN KABUL CITY [...] (U) Summary: Multiple suicide bomber explosions shook downtown Kabul on January 18 in a complex, coordinated attack in the vicinity of major Afghan government centers, including the Presidential Palace, Central Bank, and Ministries of Justice, Foreign Affairs, Education, Economy, and Interior [...] |
2010-01-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | FBI PREL PTER |
| 10KABUL62 |
A TALE OF TWO KABUL MAYORS [...] Summary: (C) President Karzai has appointed a new mayor of Kabul, Engineer Mohammad Yunos Novandish. This follows the December 7, 2009 'mismanagement of authority' conviction and the December 8, 2009 release pending appeal of former Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi (Reftel.) The Novandish appointme [...] |
2010-01-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | FBI JUS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 10KABUL700 |
GIROA STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK ON KABUL [...] The Afghan government swung into action to publicly and strongly condemn Taliban suicide and car bomb attacks in central Kabul the morning of February 26 that killed at least 13 people and wounded approximately thirty-two. Demonstrating an unprecedented degree of intergovernmental cooperation [...] |
2010-02-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | FBI PREL PTER AF |