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Ignorance of Laws or Rules is No Excuse
In the national security world, ignorance or mistake of law is generally not an excuse for failing to abide by legal obligations. This opinion has been established long ago by appeals board judges in upholding security clearance denials. There are various adjudicative guidelines where claiming ignorance of the rules or
Former Navy Contractor Gets Six Months Jail Time for Lying on Security Clearance Application
On the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) in the section labeled “Penalties for Inaccurate or False Statements” it states: The U.S. Criminal Code (title 18, section 1001) provides that knowingly falsifying or concealing a material fact is a felony which may result in fines and/or up to five (5) years imprisonment.
This Lindy Kyzer lady who works for this site is always lurking and reading the threads on this forum. Sometimes she posts a video reply. It looks like she replied…
She makes a valid point but I think it’s off-topic a tiny bit. We are (I am) not arguing that it’s against the rules to bring an attorney. My issue…
USAFCrawdaddy: At the beginning the investigator gave a long speech and she mentioned that the interview and investigation could be given to other government and law enforcement agencies. A “long…
Indeed. I wanted to reply to OP, but I just keep thinking it is not that deep.