LEAHY VETTING FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CAPTAIN

UNCLAS DHAKA 001973 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 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CAPTAIN CAREER COURSE AT FT HUACHUCA, AZ ON 24 MAR - 22 SEP, 2008. ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Military Intelligence Captain Career Course at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona from March 24 - September 22, ¶2008. Post vetting was completed on December 26, 2007.Post requests that vetting be completed by February 25, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: Name: Mohammad Mazharul Haider Rank: Captain Unit: Director General's Secretariat, Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: 6119 Date of Birth: 30 Apr 1980 Place of Birth: Tangail, 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