Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for International Defense Management Course,

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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 INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE,
SEPTEMBER 19 TO DECEMBER 04, 2009

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

2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
The International Defense Management Course in USA, which will begin
on September 19, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 02,
2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 15 to
provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department
conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate:

1. Name: Md. Abdul Malek
Rank: Colonel
Unit: Station Headquarters
Unit Location: Ghatail
Personal Number: BA 2570
Date of Birth: 01 January 1959
Place of Birth: Tangail, 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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