LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES

UNCLAS DHAKA 000962 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 CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES (APCSS) SENIOR ALUMNI SEMINAR, OCTOBER 26-31. ¶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) Senior Alumni Seminar in Honolulu, Hawaii, which will begin on October 26-31. Post vetting was completed on September 11. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 05 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Mahmud Hussain Rank: Air Commodore Unit: Air Force Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 7153 Date of Birth: 20 December 1960 Place of Birth: Karachi (Pakistan) ¶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