LEAHY VETTING FOR SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL COURSE,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000829 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL COURSE, SEPT 8-DEC 12, 2008 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Squadron Officer School Course which will begin on September 8, 2008 in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Post vetting was completed on August 5, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 18, 2008, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Walid Ahmed Shishir DPOB: November 15, 1979, Satkhira Rank: Squadron Leader Unit: Flying Instructors' School Unit location: Bogra Personal number: 8816 ¶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 this individual or any unit they have served in has been involved in gross violations of human rights. Pasi