Active Duty Officer Lives with Foreign National, Fails to Protect Classified Info – Retains Clearance

EUROPE:  Active duty Officer issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) with allegations raised under Adjudicative Guidelines B – Foreign Influence, E – Personal Conduct, and K – Handling Protected Information and contained in a six-page SOR related to relationships with approximately a dozen foreign nationals, including cohabitation with a foreign national while still […]

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Category: Security Clearance Success Stories

Active Duty Member Owes Over $25,000, Retains Security Clearance

WEST COAST: Active duty E-6 received Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) under Adjudicative Guidelines for Personal Conduct and Financial Considerations concerning eight accounts in arrears/collection/bad debts totaling approximately $25,000 as well as the omission of relevant and material facts on the SF86 and admissions during OPM background investigation to spending more money than […]

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Category: Security Clearance Success Stories

E-8 Has Significant Financial Debt But Retains Clearance

SOUTH: SNCO/E-8 issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) for Financial Considerations concerning State tax lien for unpaid taxes for several years; Child support in arrears placed in collection for over $30,000 as the result of not making full support payments over a period of approximately 7 years; and additional past due debt not […]

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Category: Security Clearance Success Stories

O-5 Retains Clearance Despite Allegations of Abuse

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reserve O-5 issued Letter of Intent (LOI) to revoke clearance after having recently favorably appealed a previous revocation of security clearance and granting of clearance with caution. Initial denial was based upon allegations of child emotional and physical abuse, arrests for assault, assault and battery, domestic assault, assault and battery on a […]

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Category: Security Clearance Success Stories

Proactive Urinalysis Defense Results in Withdrawal/Dismissal of Charges

USN E-5 tested positive on a command-sweep urinalysis for cocaine.  His command began preparations for Captain’s Mast and an Administrative Discharge Board.  Immediately after being retained, the attorneys of JAG Defense began a thorough investigation into the allegations of drug abuse.  In doing so, we identified a suspicious tea consumed by our client in the days […]

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Category: Positive Urinalysis Success Stories

September 2013

U.S. Marine Corps E-5 General Court-Martial, MCRD Parris Island, SCResult: All Sexual Assault Charges Withdrawn and Dismissed with Prejudice

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Category: Recent Results

Sexual Assault Charges Withdrawn and Dismissed Against Sergeant of Marines

USMC E-5 was placed into pretrial confinement based upon 14 charges of sexual assault of a junior female Marine, as well as a myriad of unrelated charges.  The client retained the military attorneys of JAG Defense to represent him.  Immediately upon being retained, JAG Defense began investigating the allegations of sexual assault, uncovering a critical witness […]

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Category: Military Success Stories

Clearance Granted for Active Duty Officer Despite Significant Bureaucratic Errors by Command

EUROPE:  Client active duty officer issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) under Adjudicative Guidelines: B – Foreign Influence, C – Foreign Preference, E – Personal Conduct, and F – Financial Considerations, based upon being identified in a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file regarding suspected provision of false statements to a financial institution […]

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Category: Security Clearance Success Stories

August 2013

U.S. Navy E-4 Positive Urinalysis, NS Norfolk, VA Result: All Charges Dropped Prior to Captain’s Mast and Discharge Board.

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Army E-7 Avoids Confinement, Reduction and Discharge

Army E-7 was deployed to a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan when he was discovered to be in possession of numerous Schedule III and IV drugs, to include prescription medications and steroids. A lengthy CID investigation ensued, and our Client was ultimately charged with the unlawful possession, use and distribution of numerous controlled substances, numerous […]

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Category: Military Success Stories