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Most states have laws where if you feel threatened – and are in fear of injury or death – you may use deadly force to defend yourself. Criminal defense attorneys use this argument to defend clients’ actions that may sometimes have exceeded the parameters of self-defense laws. In one of

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When reading through case summaries and Report of Investigations (ROI), I always look for what a security clearance applicant’s motivation was for committing a crime, doing illegal drugs, or just plain lying about stuff. In most cases, the motivation is easy to figure out: financial difficulties, alcohol or drug dependency,

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[caption id="attachment_7030" align="aligncenter" width="637"] Confident executives smiling with flag[/caption] As one of the five major U.S. national intelligence agencies (the others being the CIA, NSA,…
Security Clearance Process

Flying under the radar because of all of the recent security clearance news, little has been written about the facility security clearance backlog that has…
Security Clearance Denial

In 2015 the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) Board held 996 hearings for appeals on adverse security clearance determinations or eligibility for placement…