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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 SIGNAL CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE IN USA,
FEBRUARY 03 TO JULY 20, 2010
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Signal Captains Career Course in USA, which will begin on
February 03, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 05, 2010.
Post requests that vetting be completed by January 20, 2010 to
provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department
conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate:
1. Name: Rashedul Islam
Rank: Captain
Unit: Army Headquarters
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: BA-6625
Date of Birth: 01 February 1981
Place of Birth: Faridpur, 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