LEAHY VETTING FOR COMBINED STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE

UNCLAS DHAKA 001884 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 COMBINED STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE COURSE, BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON, DC, JAN 10 - FEB 29, 2008. ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Combined Strategic Intelligence Course to be held January 10 - February 29, 2008 at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, DC. Post vetting was completed on December 3, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by December 17, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: Chowdhury Abul Barkat Rank: Flight Lieutenant Unit: No 1 Squadron Unit Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh Personal Number: 8844 Date of Birth: 29 Nov 1980 Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh Name: Muhammad Forhad Hossain Khan Rank: Flight Lieutenant Unit: Ops Wing, BAF Base Zahur Unit Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh Personal Number: 8799 Date of Birth: 28 Mar 1975 Place of Birth: Habiganj, 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