HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR

UNCLAS DHAKA 000919 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 ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES COURSE, JULY 31 - AUGUST 22, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) course in Honolulu, Hawaii, from July 31 to August 22, 2007. Post vetting was completed on June 6, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 24, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: Kazi Iftekharul Alam Rank: Major Unit: Movement and Quartering Directorate Unit Location: Dhaka Cantonment Personal Number: BA-4326 Date of Birth: 2 Mar 1970 Place of Birth: Khulna Name: Md. Readad Hossain Rank: Wing Commander Unit: Directorate General-Forces Intelligence Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-8862 Date of Birth: 18 Nov 1969 Place of Birth: Dhaka ¶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. PAIGE