Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Stability, Security, Transition And

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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 STABILITY, SECURITY, TRANSITION AND
RECONSTRUCTION (SSTAR) COURSE IN GERMANY, MARCH 16 TO APRIL 02,
2010

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

2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTAR)
Course in Germany, which will begin on March 16, 2010. Post vetting
was completed on February 18, 2010. Post requests that vetting be
completed by March 04, 2010 to provide sufficient time for
processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for
the following candidate:

1. Name: Mohammad Mamun
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Unit: 35 ST Battalion
Unit Location: Comilla
Personal Number: BA-4026
Date of Birth: 04 January 1969
Place of Birth: Dhaka, 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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