HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL,

UNCLAS DHAKA 001233 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 SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 4 TO DECEMBER 7 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation for the Squadron Officer School to be held at Maxwell Air Force base, Alabama from September 4 to December 7, 2007. Post vetting was completed on July 29, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 26, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: Name: Mohammed Deen Islam Rank: Flight Lieutenant Unit: Air HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 8789 Date of Birth: 1 Jan 78 Place of Birth: Dhaka ¶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