Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Apcss Comprehensive Crisis Management

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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT
COURSE IN USA, FEBRUARY 18 TO MARCH 19, 2010

1. This is an action request. See para three.

2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the APCSS Comprehensive Crisis Management Course in USA, which will
begin on February 18, 2010. Post vetting was completed on December
20, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by January 05,
2010 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate:

1. Name: M Moyeenuddin
Rank: Group Captain
Unit: Air Defense Operation Centre
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: BD/7929
Date of Birth: 01 November 1965
Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh

2. Name: Syed Hossain Ali
Rank: Group Captain
Unit: Air Traffic Service
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: BD/7221
Date of Birth: 06 December 1960
Place of Birth: Gopalgonj, 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

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