LEAHY VETTING FOR ENGINEERING CAPTAIN TRAINING

UNCLAS DHAKA 001670 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 ENGINEERING CAPTAIN TRAINING COURSE, NOVEMBER 2007-JUNE 2008 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Engineering Captain Training Course to be held at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, from November 19, 2007 to June 11, 2008. Post vetting was completed on October 23, ¶2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by November 5, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: Name: Mohammad Shofail Azam Rank: Major Unit: 8 Engineer Battalion Unit Location: Rangpur Personal Number: 5292 Date of Birth: 28 February, 1976 Place of Birth: Tangail ¶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