HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL CRISIS:

UNCLAS DHAKA 001164 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT. FOR SCA/PB ATTN: BRENT CHRISTENSEN DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG DEPT FOR DRL ATTN: ROD MORGAN OR LEROY POTTS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL CRISIS: COMMAND & CONTROL COURSE, SEPTEMBER 5-21, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in International Crisis: Command & Control Course, in York Town, Virginia, from September 5-21,2007. Post vetting was completed on July 18, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 9, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: Mohammad Anwar Hossain Rank: Commander Unit: Coast Guard HQ Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: 332 DOB: 15 Aug 58 POB: Barguna Name: Mohammad Abdur Razzaque Rank: Commander Unit: Coast Guard HQ Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: 449 DOB: 30 Dec 58 POB: Sunamganj ¶3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is Luke Zahner, unclass e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate this individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in gross violations of human rights. PASI