Cablegate: Vetting Under Leahy Amendment for Tunisian

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DE RUEHC #7801 3482214
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P 142213Z DEC 09
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS PRIORITY 3558
INFO RHMFISS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY

UNCLAS STATE 127801

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM TS
SUBJECT: VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT FOR TUNISIAN
MILITARY PERSONNEL (840-841)

REF: A. TUNIS 840
B. TUNIS 841

Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses
no credible information of gross violations of human rights
at this time by the Tunisian military personnel listed reftel
and below. Note that if at any time the Embassy becomes
aware of any information regarding incidents which could be
deemed to be credible information of a gross violation of
human rights by the individual, the Embassy should so inform
the Department.

Name: DEKHIL, Ibtissem
DOB: 18 June 1977
POB: Bizerte, Tunisia
Nationality: Tunisian
Rank: O3/Medical Captain
Unit: Tunisian Ministry of Defense/Directorate of Health
Event: International Military Education and Training (IMET)
Advanced Aerospace Medicine, USAF School of Aerospace
Medicine, Brooks City Base, TX 78235-5130.
Dates of Program: 03 January to 11 June 2010.

Name: KANOUN, Imed
DOB: 05 September 1962
POB: Sfax, Tunisia
Nationality: Tunisian
Rank: O4/Medical Major
Unit: Tunisian Ministry of Defense/Directorate of Health
Event: International Military Education and Training (IMET)
Advanced Aerospace Medicine, USAF School of Aerospace
Medicine, Brooks City Base, TX 78235-5130
Dates of Program: 3 January 2010 to 11 June 2010.
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