LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS

UNCLAS DHAKA 001330 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS CONFERENCE (APICC) 16 - 20 FEBRUARY 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following delegates have been selected for participation in the APICC Conference to be held in Singapore; which will begin on or about 16 - 20 February 2009. Post vetting was completed on 22 December 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by 15 January 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Golam Mohammad Rank: Major General Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: BA-1899 Date of Birth: 12 May 1959 Place of Birth: Mymensingh, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Md Monirul Gani Rank: Major Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: BA-4014 Date of Birth: 30 November 1970 Place of Birth: Barisal, 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 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