LEAHY VETTING FOR SSENIOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN NESA CENTER

UNCLAS DHAKA 000153 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR SSENIOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN NESA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES, USA, MARCH 29 TO APRIL 09, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Senior Executive Seminar in NESA Center for Strategic Studies, USA, which will begin on March 29, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 25, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 11, 2010 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md Abul Khair Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Special Works Organization Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: BA-2497 Date of Birth: 15 January 1963 Place of Birth: Comilla, 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