LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - Maritime Port Harbor Security

UNCLAS DHAKA 000875 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - Maritime Port Harbor Security Management from October 5-23, 2009. ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Maritime Port Harbor Security Management from October 5-23, 2009, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Post vetting was completed on September 08. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 24 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Z A Mahbub Rank: Lt. Commander, Bangladesh Navy DOB: April 2, 1979, Chuadanga ¶2. Name: M A Sayed Rank: Lt. Commander, Bangladesh Navy DOB: February 19, 1973, Jessore ¶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