Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Military Operation and Law Conference

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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 MILITARY OPERATION AND LAW CONFERENCE
(MILOPS) COURSE IN USA, MARCH 28 TO APRIL 01, 2010

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

2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Military Operation and Law Conference (MILOPS) Course in Hawaii,
which will begin on March 28, 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: Muhammad Sajjad Siddique
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Unit: Army Headquarters
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: BA-3997
Date of Birth: 16 August 1965
Place of Birth: Chittagong, 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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