LEAHY VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTORS

UNCLAS DHAKA 000325 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTORS COURSE (PSOIC) IN INDONESIA, APRIL 13 TO APRIL 24, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operations Instructors Course (PSOIC) in Indonesia, which will begin on April 13, 2009. Post vetting was completed on April 02, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by April 12, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Kazi Anisuzzaman Rank: Major Unit: Bipsot Unit Location: Gazipur Personal Number: BA - 4887 Date of Birth: 10 May 1974 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