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Security Clearance Denial

On August 14, 2024, the Department of Justice charged a Fort Liberty soldier, Kai Liam Nix, with making false statements on his Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) and trafficking in unlawful arms. According to the indictment, Nix lied on the SF-86 by answering “No” to the question in Section 29 – Association Record

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Security Clearance Denial

The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) ranks the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the number one threat when it comes to protecting classified national security information and sensitive proprietary data. Reports from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Departments of Justice and Commerce, and the Defense Security and

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Process

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is responsible for running the DoD’s Continuous Vetting (CV) Program. They also enroll non-DoD agency employees into CE. One part of…
Security Clearance Denial

In one of the more unusual Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) cases I have seen in quite a while, this defense contractor had…
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Background Investigations

There has been a slew of instances where federal background investigators have been indicted for falsifying their work in regard to completing records checks and interviews. The…