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The DoD and the Intelligence Community seem to be suffering an uptick in the number cleared employees or contractors who are at the center of news stories about leaking classified information, falsifying documents, providing false statements, and generally engaging in unethical behavior. A few weeks ago we heard about the former

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Security Clearance Denial

I have noticed a common thread among many of the case summaries written by Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) judges when explaining the board’s rationale for upholding the initial denial or revocation of an applicant’s eligibility for a security clearance. Before I get to that, here is a

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Obtaining Security Clearance

Security clearances as Shakespeare - Is a security clearance by another agency as sweet? Security clearance reciprocity is a question that comes up frequently at…
Background Investigations

Congress has followed through on their promise to bring increased scrutiny and oversight to the security clearance investigation process. In the wake of Edward Snowden’s…
Security Clearance Jobs

In an era of Wikileaks and open data advocates, is it time to revamp the Standard Form-86 security clearance questionnaire? In an interview with the…