LEAHY VETTING FOR BASIC OFFICER COURSE, JUNE 23 TO JANUARY

UNCLAS DHAKA 000408 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR BASIC OFFICER COURSE, JUNE 23 TO JANUARY 22, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Basic Officer Course- USMC in USA, which will begin on June 23, ¶2009. Post vetting was completed on April 26, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by May 05 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Ali Haider Chowdhury Rank: Sub Lieutenant Unit: BNS Salam Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1754 Date of Birth: 07 September 1984 Place of Birth: Noakhali, 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