Security Clearance news
Child Pornography Charges lead to Two Clearance Denials
Two recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) cases involved security clearance applicants who had been charged with viewing child pornography, which is a felony offense. Both applicants were denied eligibility for a clearance and on appeal, argued the websites and pictures they had viewed were not considered child pornography even
Clearance Holders: Disclose All Delinquent Accounts – or Risk Clearance Denial
The financial section questions on the SF-86 are very clear, yet applicants still choose to ignore or not disclose all of their delinquent debts – even when they know they will probably come to light.
TS/SCI timeline: 8/23: Applied for position 12/23: Requested Resume & Transcripts 1/24: Interview Mid 2/24: CJO Late 2/24: Submitted SF86 5/24: Meeting with investigator 8/24: Poly/Psych Currently in Adjudication
TS/SCI FS Timeline: Applied: 10/23 Testing: 10/23 Interview: 2/24 CJO: 2/24 86 and additional documentation: 3/24 Met with investigator: 5/24 poly/Psych: 7/24 2nd poly: 9/24 Additional questions from OPS: 10/24…
TS/SCI FS Timeline (still in progress): Applied: 11/23 Interview: 11/23 CJO: 12/23 SF86: 1/24 SF86 again + accepted: 2/24 Poly/Psych Request: 5/24 Poly/Psych (poly 2 times): 8/24 yawn Supposedly I…
Secret Timeline: 7/24: Request for SF86 7/24: SF86 Completed 8/24: Meeting with investigator 10/24: Contacts reached out to 12/24: Secret granted