LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR-EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA)

UNCLAS DHAKA 001782 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 NEAR-EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) COMBATTING TERRORISM EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 5 - 19, 2007. ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near-East South Asia (NESA) Combatting Terrorism Executive Seminar to be held December 5 - 19, 2007 in Washington, DC. Post vetting was completed on November 13, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by November 27, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: Name: Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman Rank: Major Unit: Movement and Quartering Directorate Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: BA-4431 Date of Birth: 15 Dec 1971 Place of Birth: Natore, Bangladesh ¶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