HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR ON

UNCLAS DHAKA 000353 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT. FOR SCA/PB ATTN: BRENT CHRISTENSEN DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG DEPT FOR DRL ATTN: ROD MORGAN OR LEROY POTTS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR ON COMBATTING TERRORISM IN WASHINGTON, DC, FROM APRIL 10-25, 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 Center (NESA) Executive Seminar on Combatting Terrorism to be held in Washington, DC, from April 10-25, 2007. Post vetting was completed on March 4, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 16, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: Name: Mahbub Hassan Saleh Rank: N/A (civilian) Unit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: N/A (civilian) DOB: 12/16/1965 POB: Dhaka, 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