Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08DHAKA1130
2008-10-29 07:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:  

LEAHY VETTING FOR ARMY COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE COURSE -

Tags:  PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG 
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UNCLAS DHAKA 001130 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR ARMY COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE COURSE -
USA, JANUARY 02 TO DECEMBER 11, 2009

UNCLAS DHAKA 001130

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR ARMY COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE COURSE -
USA, JANUARY 02 TO DECEMBER 11, 2009


1. This is an action request. See para three.


2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Army Command and General Staff College Course in USA, which will
begin on January 02, 2009. Post vetting was completed on October
29, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by November 13 to
provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department
conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates:


1. Name: Ahmed Tanvir Mazher Siddiqui
Rank: Major
Unit: GSO - 2, Military Operations Directorate, ARMY, HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: 4441
Date of Birth: 01 January 1973
Place of Birth: Sylhet





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 David Arulanantham, unclass
e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov.


5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these
individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in
gross violations of human rights.

Moriarty