LEAHY VETTING FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE IN

UNCLAS DHAKA 001455 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK, SEPTEMBER 18-20, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Counter-Terrorism Conference to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 18-20, 2007. Post vetting was completed on August 27, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed as soon as possible, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: Mohammad Fazlul Haque Rank: Lt. Colonel Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DG-FI) Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: BA-3076 Date of Birth: 1 July 1965 Name: Mohammad Saiful Islam Rank: Major Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DG-FI) Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: BA-5454 Date of Birth: 11 November 1975 ¶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. Rollins