LEAHY VETTING FOR PATROL CRAFT PROP SYS OVHL & INSTRUCTOR

UNCLAS DHAKA 001065 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PATROL CRAFT PROP SYS OVHL & INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT IN USA, JANUARY 12 TO MARCH 25, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Patrol Craft Prop Sys OVHL & Instructor Development Course in USA, which will begin on January 12, 2010. Post vetting was completed on November 24, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by December 10, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md Mashud Rana Rank: ERA-IV (CD III) Unit: BNS Nirbhoy Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 930591 Date of Birth: 08 June 1975 Place of Birth: Rajshahi, 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