Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Intl. Special Operations Forces

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P 190916Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6480
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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 INTL. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
WEEK, MAY 2008

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

2. The following candidate has been selected for
participation in the International Special Operations Forces
(ISOF) Week in Tampa, Florida, from May 19-23, 2008. Post
vetting was completed on March 19, 2008. Post requests that
vetting be completed by April 3, 2008, to provide sufficient
time for processing. Post requests the department conduct
Leahy vetting for the following candidate:

Name: Mustafizur Rahman
Rank: Rear Admiral
Unit: Naval HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: BN-163
Date of Birth: November 19, 1957
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 Luke Zahner, unclass
e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov.

5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate this
individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in
gross violations of human rights.
Pasi

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