LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000861 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 DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE, SEPTEMBER 19 TO DECEMBER 04, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The International Defense Management Course in USA, which will begin on September 19, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 02, ¶2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 15 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md. Abdul Malek Rank: Colonel Unit: Station Headquarters Unit Location: Ghatail Personal Number: BA 2570 Date of Birth: 01 January 1959 Place of Birth: Tangail, 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