LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY

UNCLAS DHAKA 000366 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 APCSS COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY COURSE, JULY 2008 ¶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 Security Course to be held from July 8 to 30, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Post vetting was completed on March 24, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by April April 10, 2008, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: Mohammad Abdullah Hill Shamim Rank: Major Unit: Basic Training Wing, Bangladesh Rifles Training Center and School Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: BA-3303 Date of Birth: January 1, 1965 Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh Name: Mohammad Sabbir Rahman Osmani Rank: Major Unit: GSO-11 Sector HQ Unit Location: Khulna Personal Number: BA-4551 Date of Birth: November 1, 1972 Place of Birth: Khulna, 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