LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS EXECUTIVES

UNCLAS DHAKA 000053 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS EXECUTIVES ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT (ILEAD) COURSE IN USA, MARCH 11 TO MAY 08, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Logistics Executives Advanced Development Course in USA, which will begin on March 11, 2009. Post vetting was completed on January 14, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 05, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md. Ashraful Haque Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Unit: 19 East Bengal (Support Battalion) Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA 3927 Date of Birth: 27 January 1968 Place of Birth: Rajbari, 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