LEAHY VETTING FOR BASIC INSTRUCTOR COURSE AND CONVENT

UNCLAS DHAKA 000558 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 INSTRUCTOR COURSE AND CONVENT MUNITIONS MAINT OFFICER COURSE IN USA, JULY 10 TO SEPT 04, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in Basic Instructor Course and Convent Munitions Maint Officer Course in USA, which will begin on July 10, 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 4, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by July 1, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md. Rakibul Hasan Rank: Flight Lieutenant Unit: BAF Base Bashar Unit Location: Dhaka Service Number: 9155 Date of Birth: 01 January 1979 Place of Birth: Rangpur, 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