Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for On Maritime Terrorism Seminar in Colombo,

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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 ON MARITIME TERRORISM SEMINAR IN COLOMBO,
SEPTEMBER 22-25, 2009

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

2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
Maritime Terrorism Seminar, which will begin on September 22, 2009.
Post vetting was completed on September 02, 2009. Post requests
that vetting be completed by September 16 to provide sufficient time
for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting
for the following candidates:

1. Name: M Shafiqul Alam
Rank: Commander
Unit: Bangladesh Coast Guard Headquarters
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: 276
Date of Birth: 14 December 1962
Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh

2. Name: Mudasser Nasir
Rank: Commodre
Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin
Unit Location: Dhaka Cantonment
Personal Number: 242
Date of Birth: 31 December 1959
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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