Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Ata Training, May 2008

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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 ATA TRAINING, MAY 2008

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

2. The following candidates has been selected for
participation in the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) course
to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from May 5-16,2008. Post
requests vetting be returned by April 30 to provide
sufficient time for processing. Post requests the
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates:

Name: Ms. Rockfar Sultana Khanam
DPOB: February 16, 1974, Narayanganj
Rank: Additional Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Mr. Barkatullah Khan
DPOB: July 9, 1972, Netrokona
Rank: Sr. Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Ms. Samsun Nahar
DPOB: January 10, 1975, Barisal
Rank: Assistant Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Mrs. Mahfuza Begum
DPOB: August 10, 1975, Brahmanbaria
Rank: Assistant Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Mohammad Kamrul Hasan
DPOB: May 1, 1966, Shariatpur
Rank: Inspector, Special Branch

Name: Mohammad Ayub Ali
DPOB: October 1, 1953, Rajbari
Rank: Inspector, Special Branch

Name: Mohammad Enamul Islam Chowdhury
DPOB: July 15, 1967, Dhaka
Rank: Inspector, Special Branch

Name: Abu Mahruf Mohammad Shahnoor
DPOB: June 30, 1966, Chittagong
Rank: Inspector, Special Branch

Name: Mrs. Tania Ansari
DPOB: December 15, 1980, Dhaka
Rank: Assistant Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Mrs. Farzana Islam
DPOB: January 1, 1978, Dhaka
Rank: Assistant Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Mohammad Mokbul Hossain
DPOB: September 25, 1974, Rajshahi
Rank: Assistant Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Eliza Sharmeen
DPOB: December 11, 1974, Chapainawabganj
Rank: Assistant Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Mohammed Monirul Islam
DPOB: November 30, 1978, Chittagong
Rank: Assistant Superintendent of Police, Special Branch

Name: Fakir Mahbubur Rahman,
DPOB: September 1, 1960, Dhaka
Rank: Lt. Col, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)

Name: ABM Azizul Islam
DPOB: September 20, 1958, Bagerhat
Rank: Lt. Col, BDR

Name: Mokaid Md. Ali
DPOB: December 25, 1963, Gaibanda
Rank: Major, BDR

Name: Mohammad Shab Alam
DPOB: September 20, 1967, Comilla
Rank: Major, BDR

Name: Rupayon Barua
DPOB: April 24, 1970, Rangamati
Rank: Major, BDR

Name: Mohammad Shamim Ahmed Khan
DPOB: June 15, 1964, Gaibandha
Rank: Major, BDR

Name: Syed Altaf Kabir
DPOB: November 15, 1961, Dhaka
Rank: Major, BDR

Name: Abdullah Al Mamun
DPOB: September 16, 1968, Faridpur
Rank: Major, BDR

Name: Wong Ting
DPOB: August 20, 1971, Bandarban
Rank: Major, BDR

Name: Tariqul Hakim
DPOB: October 12, 1975, Dinajpur
Rank: Major, BDR

Name: Mohammad Abul Hasan
DPOB: November 11, 1974, Pirojpur
Rank: Major, BDR

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.
Moriarty

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