LEAHY VETTING FOR SEMINAR ON TRANSATLANTIC CIVIL SECURITY

UNCLAS DHAKA 000081 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR SEMINAR ON TRANSATLANTIC CIVIL SECURITY (STACS 09 - 2) IN GERMANY, FEBRUARY 03 TO FEBRUARY 27, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security (STACS 09 - 2) in Germany, which will begin on February 03, 2009. Post vetting was completed on January 20, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 01, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md. Jaglul Ahsan Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Unit: 9 Field Regiment Artillery Unit Location: Savar Cantt Personal Number: BA 3906 Date of Birth: 10 January 1970 Place of Birth: Bogra, 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