Cable Viewer

Currently released so far... 4955 / 251,287

### Articles

Brazil Sri Lanka United Kingdom Sweden Editorial United States Latin America Egypt Yemen Jordan

### Browse latest releases

2010/11 2010/12 2011/01 2011/02
2010/11/28 2010/11/29 2010/11/30
2010/12/01 2010/12/02 2010/12/03 2010/12/04 2010/12/05 2010/12/06 2010/12/07 2010/12/08 2010/12/09 2010/12/10 2010/12/11 2010/12/12 2010/12/13 2010/12/14 2010/12/15 2010/12/16 2010/12/17 2010/12/18 2010/12/19 2010/12/20 2010/12/21 2010/12/22 2010/12/23 2010/12/24 2010/12/25 2010/12/26 2010/12/27 2010/12/28 2010/12/29 2010/12/30
2011/01/01 2011/01/02 2011/01/04 2011/01/05 2011/01/07 2011/01/09 2011/01/10 2011/01/11 2011/01/12 2011/01/13 2011/01/14 2011/01/15 2011/01/16 2011/01/17 2011/01/18 2011/01/19 2011/01/20 2011/01/21 2011/01/22 2011/01/23 2011/01/24 2011/01/25 2011/01/26 2011/01/27 2011/01/28 2011/01/29 2011/01/30 2011/01/31
2011/02/01 2011/02/02 2011/02/03 2011/02/04 2011/02/05 2011/02/06 2011/02/07 2011/02/08 2011/02/09 2011/02/10 2011/02/11 2011/02/12 2011/02/13 2011/02/14 2011/02/15 2011/02/16 2011/02/17 2011/02/18 2011/02/19 2011/02/20 2011/02/21 2011/02/22

### Browse by creation date

66 72 73 75 79 86 88 89 90 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
1966/12
1972/02 1972/08
1973/04
1975/03
1979/08
1986/05
1988/01
1989/12
1990/01 1990/07 1990/08
2000/06 2000/09 2000/11
2001/02 2001/03 2001/07 2001/10
2002/02 2002/03 2002/11
2003/03 2003/04 2003/05 2003/06 2003/07 2003/08 2003/09 2003/10 2003/11 2003/12
2004/01 2004/02 2004/03 2004/04 2004/05 2004/06 2004/07 2004/08 2004/09 2004/10 2004/11 2004/12
2005/01 2005/02 2005/03 2005/04 2005/05 2005/06 2005/07 2005/08 2005/09 2005/10 2005/11 2005/12
2006/01 2006/02 2006/03 2006/04 2006/05 2006/06 2006/07 2006/08 2006/09 2006/10 2006/11 2006/12
2007/01 2007/02 2007/03 2007/04 2007/05 2007/06 2007/07 2007/08 2007/09 2007/10 2007/11 2007/12
2008/01 2008/02 2008/03 2008/04 2008/05 2008/06 2008/07 2008/08 2008/09 2008/10 2008/11 2008/12
2009/01 2009/02 2009/03 2009/04 2009/05 2009/06 2009/07 2009/08 2009/09 2009/10 2009/11 2009/12
2010/01 2010/02

### Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Embassy Athens Embassy Asuncion Embassy Astana Embassy Asmara Embassy Ashgabat Embassy Ankara Embassy Amman Embassy Algiers Embassy Addis Ababa Embassy Accra Embassy Abuja Embassy Abu Dhabi Embassy Abidjan Consulate Amsterdam American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Embassy Bujumbura Embassy Buenos Aires Embassy Budapest Embassy Bucharest Embassy Brussels Embassy Bridgetown Embassy Bratislava Embassy Brasilia Embassy Bogota Embassy Bishkek Embassy Bern Embassy Berlin Embassy Belgrade Embassy Beirut Embassy Beijing Embassy Banjul Embassy Bangkok Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy Bamako Embassy Baku Embassy Baghdad Consulate Barcelona
Embassy Copenhagen Embassy Conakry Embassy Colombo Embassy Chisinau Embassy Caracas Embassy Canberra Embassy Cairo Consulate Curacao Consulate Casablanca Consulate Cape Town
Embassy Dushanbe Embassy Dublin Embassy Doha Embassy Djibouti Embassy Dhaka Embassy Dar Es Salaam Embassy Damascus Embassy Dakar Consulate Dubai
Embassy Freetown
Embassy Guatemala Embassy Gaborone Consulate Guadalajara
Embassy Helsinki Embassy Harare Embassy Hanoi Consulate Hermosillo Consulate Hamburg
Iran RPO Dubai Embassy Islamabad Consulate Istanbul
Embassy Jakarta Consulate Jerusalem Consulate Jeddah
Embassy Kyiv Embassy Kuwait Embassy Kuala Lumpur Embassy Kinshasa Embassy Kigali Embassy Khartoum Embassy Kampala Embassy Kabul
Embassy Luxembourg Embassy Luanda Embassy London Embassy Ljubljana Embassy Lisbon Embassy Lima Embassy Lilongwe Embassy La Paz Consulate Lagos
Mission USNATO Embassy Muscat Embassy Moscow Embassy Montevideo Embassy Monrovia Embassy Minsk Embassy Mexico Embassy Maputo Embassy Manama Embassy Managua Embassy Malabo Embassy Madrid Consulate Munich Consulate Montreal Consulate Monterrey
Embassy New Delhi Embassy Nassau Embassy Nairobi Consulate Naples
Embassy Ouagadougou Embassy Ottawa Embassy Oslo
Embassy Pristina Embassy Pretoria Embassy Prague Embassy Port Au Prince Embassy Phnom Penh Embassy Paris Embassy Paramaribo Embassy Panama Consulate Peshawar
Embassy Quito
REO Basrah Embassy Rome Embassy Riyadh Embassy Riga Embassy Reykjavik Embassy Rangoon Embassy Rabat Consulate Rio De Janeiro Consulate Recife
Secretary of State Embassy Stockholm Embassy Sofia Embassy Skopje Embassy Singapore Embassy Seoul Embassy Sarajevo Embassy Santo Domingo Embassy Santiago Embassy Sanaa Embassy San Salvador Embassy San Jose Consulate Strasbourg Consulate Shenyang Consulate Shanghai Consulate Sao Paulo
Embassy Tunis Embassy Tripoli Embassy Tokyo Embassy The Hague Embassy Tel Aviv Embassy Tehran Embassy Tegucigalpa Embassy Tbilisi Embassy Tashkent Embassy Tallinn
USUN New York USEU Brussels US Mission Geneva US Interests Section Havana US Delegation, Secretary UNVIE Embassy Ulaanbaatar
Embassy Vilnius Embassy Vienna Embassy Vatican Consulate Vladivostok
Embassy Windhoek Embassy Wellington Embassy Warsaw
Embassy Yerevan Embassy Yaounde
Embassy Zagreb

### Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AF ASEC AM AE AG AR AS AU AORC AJ AMGT AGMT AFIN APER ABUD ATRN AL AEMR ACOA AO AX AMED ADCO AODE AFFAIRS AC ASIG ABLD AA AFU ASUP AROC ATFN AVERY APCS AER ASECKFRDCVISKIRFPHUMSMIGEG AEC
BR BA BM BRUSSELS BL BK BO BILAT BTIO BEXP BH BE BX BU BIDEN BY BG BF BB BC BBSR BMGT BTIU
COUNTER CH CO CG CE CA CASC CU CLINTON CI CVIS CDG CIA CACM CDB CS CBW CD CV CMGT CJAN CF CN CAN CIS CM CONDOLEEZZA COE CR CY CTM COUNTRY CLEARANCE CPAS CWC CT CKGR CB CACS COM CJUS CARSON COUNTERTERRORISM
DA DJ DEAX DR DHS DOE DEA DK DISENGAGEMENT DS DTRA DOD
ECON EG EAID EFIN ELAB EUN ETRD EU EXTERNAL ENRG ETTC EPET EINV EMIN ECIP ECPS EINDETRD EAGR EN EZ ER ET ES EUC EI EAIR EIND EWWT ELTN EREL ECIN EFIS EINT EC ECONEFIN ENVR ECA ELN EINVETC ENIV EINN ENGR EUR ESA ENERG EK ENGY ELECTIONS ECUN EINVEFIN
FR FJ FINR FAO FTAA FREEDOM FI FARC FBI FMLN
GTMO GOI GM GG GV GH GA GE GT GR GTIP GCC GAZA GZ
HILLARY HA HU HR HUMAN HO HYMPSK HURI HK HSTC
IS IR IZ INRB IAEA IN IT ID IO IV ICTY IQ ICAO INTERPOL IPR IRAJ INRA INRO IC IIP ITPHUM IWC ISRAELI IRAQI ICRC IMO IF ILC IEFIN INTELSAT IL IA IBRD IMF INR IRC ITALY ITALIAN
JAMES JO JA JOSEPH JP JOHNNIE JUS
KDEM KJUS KCOR KOLY KIPR KNNP KU KWBG KPAL KN KS KZ KAWK KISL KPAO KCRM KSEC KGHG KIFR KTFN KDRG KV KSUM KWAC KAWC KDEMAF KFIN KGIC KTIP KOMC KHLS KSPR KGCC KPIN KG KBIO KHIV KSCA KE KFRD KPKO KNUC KMDR KPLS KUNR KIRF KIRC KACT KRAD KCOM KMCA KHDP KVPR KDEV KWMN KMPI KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KCFC KTIA KPRP KCIP KCFE KOCI KTDB KMRS KLIG KBCT KICC KGIT KSTC KPAK KNEI KSEP KPOA KFLU KNUP KNNPMNUC KO KTER KHUM KRFD KBTR KDDG KWWMN KFLO KSAF KBTS KPRV KNPP KNAR KWMM KERG KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KTBT KCRS KRVC KSTH KREL KNSD KPAI KHSA KR KPWR KMIG
LY LE LG LH LU LI LO LOG LT
MARR MOPS MCAP MNUC MZ MO MASS MY MEPP MA MR ML MX MIL MTCRE MPOS MOPPS MTCR MAPP MU MG MASC MCC MK MTRE MP MDC MAR MEPI MRCRE MI MT MQADHAFI MD MAPS MUCN MASSMNUC MERCOSUR
NATO NI NZ NG NU NO NL NIPP NPT NE NS NAR NPG NK NSG NA NT NASA NGO NP NSF NATIONAL
OTR OVIP OVP OREP ODIP OPDC OPRC OIIP OFFICIALS OSAC OAS OEXC OFDP OTRA OSCE OPIC OECD OPCW OSCI OIE OIC
PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR PAK PREF PL PBTS PHSA PARM PO PINS PK PINT PROP PE POGOV PINL POL PBIO PSOE PKFK PGOF PA PARMS PORG PM PMIL PTERE PF PALESTINIAN PY PGGV PNR POV PAO PFOR PHALANAGE PARTY PRGOV PNAT PROV PEL PINF PGOVE POLINT PRL PRAM PMAR PGOVLO PHUMBA POLITICS PEPR PSI PU POLITICAL PARTIES PECON
QA
RS RU RO RW REGION RP RIGHTS RICE ROBERT RF RFE
SP SY SOCI SCUL SNAR SA STEINBERG SENV SF SO SR SG SW SU SL SMIG SN SHUM SZ SYR ST SANC SC SAN SIPRS SK SH SI
TIP TERRORISM TI TU TC TRGY TX TS TBIO TW TSPA TH TR TT TO TFIN TD TSPL TZ TPHY TK TNGD
UN US UK UG UNSC UP USEU UNMIK UV UZ UY UNGA UNO USUN UNESCO UE UAE UNEP USTR UNHCR UNDP UNHRC USAID UNCHS UNAUS UNCHC
VZ VT VE VTPREL VN VM
WTRO WTO WA WI WMO WTRQ WHO WWARD WB WBG WEU
XF XA XG XT XM XR XS XL XK XH XY XC XZ XW XD XE
YE YM YI
ZI ZU ZP ZR ZB ZF ZK ZANU ZOELLICK ZA ZO ZJ

### Browse by classification

CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN SECRET SECRET//NOFORN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

### Community resources

Follow us on Twitter Check our Reddit Twitter this Digg this page Contact us on IRC

courage is contagious

### Viewing cable 09MADRID551, SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 23-25 WASHINGTON VISIT BY SPAIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs
Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:

- The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
- The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
- The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.

To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.
Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #09MADRID551.

Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
09MADRID551 | 2009-06-09 06:06 | 2010-12-06 12:12 | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | Embassy Madrid

`

    VZCZCXRO3867
    PP RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHNP RUEHROV RUEHSR
    DE RUEHMD #0551/01 1600656
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    P 090656Z JUN 09
    FM AMEMBASSY MADRID
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0742
    RUEILB/NCTC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
    RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
    RUEAHLC/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
    RUCNFB/FBI WASHDC PRIORITY
    RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC PRIORITY
    RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
    INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHLA/AMCONSUL BARCELONA PRIORITY 4018
    RUEHMD/USDAO MADRID SP PRIORITY
    RUEHNA/DEA HQS WASHDC PRIORITY

` `

    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 MADRID 000551

    NOFORN
    SIPDIS

    FOR EUR/WE, EUR/ERA, INR

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/07/2019
    TAGS: PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM SP PGOV
    SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 23-25 WASHINGTON VISIT BY SPAIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER

    REF: A. MADRID 351
         ¶B. SECSTATE 56239
         ¶C. MADRID 440
         ¶D. MADRID 261
         ¶E. MADRID 484

    MADRID 00000551  001.2 OF 003

    Classified By: Charge D'Affaires Arnold A. Chacon for reasons 1.4 (b) a
    nd (d)

    ¶1. (C//NF) SUMMARY:  Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez
    Rubalcaba will meet senior officials from the DHS, DOJ, FBI,
    CIA, ODNI, NCTC, and possibly the NSC, during his June 23-25
    visit to Washington, DC.  USG interlocutors will find that
    Rubalcaba - who has wide-ranging responsibilities on
    security, law enforcement and intelligence issues - is very
    capable and serious but also charming.  A career politician,
    Rubalcaba is arguably the most impressive member of Spanish
    President Zapatero's cabinet and a very useful and powerful
    ally to have in the Zapatero Administration.  His influence
    exceeds the formal parameters of his Ministry.  Embassy
    Madrid judges the bilateral law enforcement relationship to
    be excellent, while the bilateral CT relationship is good but
    could be better.  Rubalcaba is interested in signing either
    several bilateral accords or (if the accords cannot be ironed
    out in time) political declarations of intent to do so in the
    near future.  The Minister has an extensive agenda -
    including counter-terrorism (CT), law enforcement, and
    intelligence issues - he wishes to discuss with US officials.
     While the focus of this trip will be on discussing bilateral
    issues, Rubalcaba also will address GOS interest in increased
    collaboration on justice and home affairs issues during
    Spain's upcoming stint as President of the European Union
    (EU) during the first half of 2010.  END SUMMARY.

    //US-SPAIN RELATIONS//

    ¶2. (C//NF) U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on
    shared global interests.  Spain is an important friend and
    ally and we value its cooperation against terrorism and a
    range of other security issues.  Since the US presidential
    election in November, a strong atmosphere of goodwill has
    emerged in Spain for closer bilateral  cooperation.  As a
    gesture of this goodwill, the GOS presently is considering
    accepting some of the detainees currently held at Guantanamo
    (GTMO, see Ref A).  XXXXXXXXXXXX.  Spain also allows us the use of two military bases that are critical transit points between the U.S. and Iraq and Afghanistan.  Recent irritants in bilateral
    relations, however, are the efforts by the Spanish judiciary
    - invoking "universal jurisdiction" - to indict former USG
    officials for their allegedly involvement in torture at GTMO.
    (See Ref C).

    //RUBALCABA AND HIS MINISTRY//

    ¶3. (C//NF) A member of parliament since 1996, Rubalcaba is a
    three-time Minister who in mid-2008 also served a brief stint
    as acting Defense Minister.  He is known for his
    intelligence, discretion, hard work, and mastery of detail,
    as well as his negotiating prowess.  Rubalcaba was the
    Socialist party's longtime pointman on CT issues before
    Zapatero named him Interior Minister in early 2006.  He is
    one of two or three individuals whom Zapatero often consults
    before making big decisions, and not only on issues within
    Rubalcaba's portfolio.  A senior official within the

    MADRID 00000551  002.2 OF 003

    Socialist party with a reputation for getting things done,
    Rubalcaba excels at putting out fires and is a valued contact
    of the Embassy, which finds him accessible and effective in
    getting things done for us despite his busy portfolio.  This
    will be Rubalcaba's first meeting with most of his USG
    interlocutors, although he first met DHS Secretary Napolitano
    in Berlin for the G6 1 meeting on March 15.  The Minister
    speaks English but prefers to have an interpreter present for
    some of the more technical aspects of his official meetings.

    ¶4. (C//NF) The Ministry of Interior (MOI) oversees the
    Spanish National Police (SNP) and the paramilitary Civil
    Guard (GC).  The MOI is a key cabinet post, as Spain
    confronts both the domestic terrorist group Basque Fatherland
    and Liberty (ETA) and radical Islamist terrorists and
    sympathizers.  Spain's 40-year battle against ETA has given
    its security forces - and their intelligence wings -
    considerable CT expertise, although the GOS continues to
    adapt its methods to combating decentralized radical
    Islamists.  Spain also faces a confluence of organized crime
    syndicates involved in the contraband of narcotics and other
    drugs, human trafficking and illegal immigration, money
    laundering and credit card fraud, and document falsification.
     Meanwhile, the SNP and GC increasingly are expanding their
    representation overseas as attaches in Embassies.  Embassy
    Madrid recommends that USG interlocutors press Rubalcaba on
    sending GC and/or SNP personnel to help train security forces
    in Afghanistan and Iraq.

    ¶5. (C//NF)  We believe Rubalcaba fully understands the extent
    of the lack of inter-agency cooperation between the SNP and
    the GC, as well as stovepipe problems between them and
    Spain's National Intelligence Center (CNI).  He has
    overhauled the MOI to achieve greater inter-agency
    efficiencies.  In 2006 he created an Organized Crime
    Intelligence Center (CICO) and in 2007 he created a National
    Center of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CNPIC).  The
    director of Spain's National Center for Counter-Terrorism
    Coordination (CNCA, roughly equivalent to the NCTC) reports
    to Rubalcaba.  XXXXXXXXXXXXX  Rubalcaba has overseen a
    very forward-leaning CT strategy against both radical
    Islamists and - following the late 2006 car-bombing of the
    Madrid airport, which ended its unilaterally declared
    cease-fire - ETA.  The GOS prides itself that its
    preventative justice approach, disrupting terrorist cells
    before they become operational, has resulted in no deaths at
    the hands of radical Islamists since 2004.  Rubalcaba
    realizes he needs the USG on CT issues and therefore he has
    been cooperative with U.S. interlocutors on that topic.

    //FOUR PROSPECTIVE BILATERAL ACCORDS//

    ¶6. (C//NF) Rubalcaba's staff tells us he hopes to sign up to
    four accords during his visit:

    I) A US-proposed agreement on Preventing and Combating
    Serious Crime (PCSC), as discussed in Ref E.

    II) An agreement on Cooperation in Science & Technology for
    Homeland Security Matters, using the existing US-Mexico
    agreement as a template.

    III)  An MOU formalizing ongoing cooperation on the DHS's
    Immigration Advisory Program (IAP) at Madrid's Barajas
    Airport, where a successful pilot program recently was
    carried out.

    IV) An MOU to strengthen bilateral cooperation and reinforce
    efforts to locate fugitives.

    //PROSPECTIVE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PER MEETING//

    ¶7. (C//NF) Rubalcaba hopes to sign the above accords with the
    DHS Secretary, with whom he also will discuss protecting
    critical infrastructure and combating counterfeit money.  He
    will discuss ETA, border control issues, and the CSI.  He
    also will suggest the creation of an alert system regarding
    the theft of nuclear materials by terrorists.  Finally, he

    MADRID 00000551  003.2 OF 003

    will propose an exchange of liaison personnel to have
    officials present in each others' headquarters.  On a
    multilateral issues, Rubalcaba will address GOS plans to
    "revitalize" the US-EU transatlantic partnership during
    Spain's EU Presidency.  This may include an embryonic idea
    for a joint US-EU declaration on the fight against terrorism
    to be signed in Madrid on March 11, 2010, the sixth
    anniversary of the Madrid train bombings.

    ¶8.  (C//NF) With the Attorney General and FBI Director,
    Rubalcaba will discuss the prospective accord on fugitives
    (See above).  He also wants to discuss the CODIS database,
    cybercrime issues, cooperation regarding ETA, a proposal to
    intensify cooperation with the DEA, and efforts to fight
    organized crime and money laundering.  He also will raise the
    GTMO detainee issue.  Rubalcaba will have a role in deciding
    the GOS decision on the GTMO, based on security concerns and
    freedom of movement issues.  Post recommends that Rubalcaba
    would be a logical person with whom to press the message that
    the various universal jurisdiction cases against former USG
    officials are not helpful.

    ¶9. (C//NF) Embassy Madrid is sending via other channels the
    proposed agenda for Rubalcaba's meetings with the DNI, CIA
    and NCTC.

    ¶10. (C//NF) The GOS has asked for an appointment with the
    U.S. National Security Adviser, with whom Rubalcaba would
    like to discuss the US-EU transatlantic agenda, a declaration
    of CT principles (See Para 9), and the issue of Guantanamo
    detainees.  The Minister also would like to address radical
    Islamic terrorism in the Af/Pak region and in the Sahel.

    ¶11. (C) We suggest Washington interlocutors thank Rubalcaba
    for the excellent anti-organized crime and counter-narcotics
    relationships we enjoy in Spain and urge that we work jointly
    to find ways to improve the already good CT relationship.
    DOJ in particular will wish to thank him for Spain's
    assistance in extraditing arms trafficker Monzer al-Kassar in
    ¶2008.

    CHACON

`