Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09DHAKA170
2009-02-16 10:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:
LEAHY VETTING FOR 15TH ANNUAL PACIFIC COMMAND SPECIAL
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UNCLAS DHAKA 000170
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR 15TH ANNUAL PACIFIC COMMAND SPECIAL
OPERATIONS CONFERENCE 09(PASOC 09) IN USA, MARCH 29 TO APRIL 03,
2009
UNCLAS DHAKA 000170
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR 15TH ANNUAL PACIFIC COMMAND SPECIAL
OPERATIONS CONFERENCE 09(PASOC 09) IN USA, MARCH 29 TO APRIL 03,
2009
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Annual Pacific Command Special Operations Conference 09(PASOC
09) in Honolulu, Hi, USA, which will begin on March 29, 2009. Post
vetting was completed on February 12, 2009. Post requests that
vetting be completed by March 1, 2009 to provide sufficient time for
processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for
the following candidates:
1. Name: Tanjim Ahmad
Rank: State Minister, Government of the People's Republic of
Bangladesh
Unit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Unit Location: Dhaka Secretariat, Dhaka
Personal Number: N/A
Date of Birth: 05 January 1970
Place of Birth: Dhaka, 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
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR 15TH ANNUAL PACIFIC COMMAND SPECIAL
OPERATIONS CONFERENCE 09(PASOC 09) IN USA, MARCH 29 TO APRIL 03,
2009
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Annual Pacific Command Special Operations Conference 09(PASOC
09) in Honolulu, Hi, USA, which will begin on March 29, 2009. Post
vetting was completed on February 12, 2009. Post requests that
vetting be completed by March 1, 2009 to provide sufficient time for
processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for
the following candidates:
1. Name: Tanjim Ahmad
Rank: State Minister, Government of the People's Republic of
Bangladesh
Unit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Unit Location: Dhaka Secretariat, Dhaka
Personal Number: N/A
Date of Birth: 05 January 1970
Place of Birth: Dhaka, 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