LEAHY VETTING FOR PASOLS PLANNING GROUP (PPG) MEETING,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000166 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PASOLS PLANNING GROUP (PPG) MEETING, AUSTRALIA, APRIL 19 TO 23, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pasols Planning Group (PPG),Australia, which will begin on April 19, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 14, 2010 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Hamidur Rahman Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Headquarter 65 Infantry Brigade Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: BA-2575 Date of Birth: 07 September 1964 Place of Birth: Mymensingh, 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