Security Clearance news
Another Contractor Found Guilty of Falsifying SF-86
As a follow-on to a previous article in which a former Navy contractor was found guilty and sentenced to prison for lying on his background investigation application and to FBI agents, another similar case just finished in federal court involving a former State Department contractor. Zaldy Sabino was sentenced to seven years
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
Was your Investigator DCSA or a CACI/Peraton/other contractor? This is sus based on the training I had. It could be a difference in policy or a lazy FI that didn’t…
I see. So the Investigator’s report is not the same as the actual interviews in the SSBI?
DCSA civilian. Their email has a .civ[@]mail.mil suffix. They seemed very sure of themselves, but yeah, fully possible they didn’t get properly trained. They did mention affidavits used to be…
bebe 1979: All the investigative interviews and record checks are chronicled in the investigative report, whether they are done by field investigators, letter inquiry, or computer linkage. If you’ve had…