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PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHSG #0297 0942012
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 032012Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3048
RHMFISS/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL PRIORITY
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000297
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION OPERATIONS COURSE
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in
conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a
general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been
nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and
Foreign Assistance Act. Please transmit the results of such,
including information not strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment,
to Embassy.
3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Technologies for Information
Operations Course, to be held at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School,
in Monterey, California, between April 21 and May 10, 2008. The
name and identifying information of the proposed candidates appear
in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of
birth and national identification number.
Ricardo KOMPATZKI Herrera, Lieutenant Commander (Navy), Chilean
Directorate of Programs, Research and Development Division,
04/24/1968, Valparaiso, 7.451.342-5.
Robinson MARTINEZ Aros, Captain, Noncommissioned Officers School,
Air Force, 10/10/1972, Santiago, 12.251.552-4
4. (U) Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible
information that the candidates have been involved in gross human
rights violations.
SIMONS