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Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Ssenior Executive Seminar in Nesa Center

Published: Thu 25 Feb 2010 03:12 AM
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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
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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
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