Leahy Vetting for ATA - Explosive Incident Countermeasures

UNCLAS DHAKA 000089 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 - Explosive Incident Countermeasures Course, April 20-June 5, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the ATA - Explosive Incident Countermeasures Course in North Carolina, USA, which will begin on April 20-June 5, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 04, 2009 to provide sufficient time for visa processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md. Sanowar Hossain Rank/Position: Assistant Police Commissioner, Unit: Detective Branch of Police Date of Birth: 03/02/1976, Place of Birth: Gazipur, 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