Security Clearance Denial
Reasons why security clearance applications are rejected.
Bad Memory Does Not Mitigate Viewing Child Pornography
One of the first cases of 2022 heard by the Defense Office of Hearing an Appeals (DOHA) involved an DoD contractor who had downloaded child pornography from 2006-10 and was interviewed about it by the FBI after they had seized his computer. The DoD CAF denied clearance eligibility, but that
Former Army CID Special Agent Found Guilty of Lying on SF-86C
to those that spin a web of lies or hide information.
The Story of THC Laced Cookies and a DOE Contractor
I ran across an interesting security clearance appeal case involving a bag of traveling cookies laced with THC that found their way into the refrigerator of a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor with a security clearance. The contractor’s security clearance was suspended after testing positive on a drug test and
Contractor Overcomes Bad Conduct Discharge to Get Security Clearance
A Bad Conduct Discharge (BCD) from the military is not seen as often as a General (under honorable conditions) and usually is the result of serious criminal conduct or other behaviors. In a recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case, a DoD contractor was initially denied security clearance