Security Clearance Success Stories

Brief summaries of JAG Defense’s Representative Cases for Security Clearance cases are listed below. To download written decisions of cases handled by JAG Defense, please visit Security Clearance Decisions.

Defense Contract Employee Cleared from Eight Years of Alcohol Abuse

SOUTHEAST – Defense Contractor employee issued Statement of Reasons (SOR) based upon Guideline G- Alcohol Consumption and E – Personal Conduct as a result of excessive alcohol consumption for an eight year period during which the Applicant five different alcohol related driving incidents, an additional Reckless Driving to Endanger charge and falsification of material information […]

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Sr. Defense Contract Employee Cleared From Copying Classified Info

SOUTHWEST – Applicant, senior employee of a Defense Contractor was issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) as a result of 19 different allegations under Guidelines E – Personal Conduct, J- Criminal Conduct and K – Handling Protected Information (i.e., security violations). These allegations included such reported incidents as knowingly copying classified information to unclassified medium, […]

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Federal Government Civilian Employee Cleared of Travel Claim Fraud

EUROPE – Applicant Federal Government civilian employee assigned at an overseas military installation received Letter of Intent (LOI) and Statement of Reasons (SOR) based upon Guideline F – Financial Considerations, Guideline J – Criminal Conduct as a result of multiple debts being in collection and/or charged off in excess of $24,000; and multiple instances of […]

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Defense Contractor Applicant Cleared From Failure to Follow Protocol

WEST COAST – Applicant defense contractor employee issued Statement of Reasons based upon Guideline K – Handling Protected Information and Guideline E – Personal Conduct as a result of three separate security violations, over a two year period of time: by forwarding computer files that could result in the revelation of classified material, failing to […]

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Defense Contract Employee Cleared of DUI Charges & Child Cruelty

MIDDLE ATLANTIC – Applicant employee of a defense contractor was issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) based upon Guideline E – Personal Conduct and Guideline J – Criminal Conduct as a result of arrest and charges of DUI, Obstruction of Justice and Cruelty to a child. The charges included action in switching places with an […]

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Defense Contract Employee Cleared of Failure to Disclose Abuse

MIDDLE ATLANTIC – Applicant employee of a defense contractor was issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) based upon Guideline E- Personal Conduct as a result of a 10 year period of drug use while on active duty in the military, testing positive two separate times while in the military, being administratively discharged from the military […]

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Defense Contract Employee Cleared of Falsified Divorce Decree & Signature Forgery

ASIA – Applicant employee of a defense contractor was issued Statement of Reasons (SOR) based upon Guidelines E – Personal Conduct and J – Criminal Conduct as result of forging the signature of a State Court Judge on a falsified divorce decree; which conduct occurred during his active duty military career and is considered to […]

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Couple Receive Clearance from Failure to Disclose Foreign Activities

WEST COAST – Assisted husband and wife co-Applicants for clearances after each received virtually mirror-image Statements of Reasons (SOR) based upon Guidelines B – Foreign Influence, E – Personal Conduct, and L – Outside Activities related to numerous family members being citizens/residents of a foreign country, monetary contributions towards that foreign country, ownership of foreign […]

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Client Cleared of Nine Different Debts & Delinquet Accounts

MIDDLE EAST – Client applied for and was selected to serve in a contractor employee support position under a Department of State (DoS) contract in Iraq. Subsequent to being hired, the DoS Contract Review Panel rejected client’s employment based upon a “suitability determination” – which process utilizes the same adjudicative Guidelines as are applied in […]

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Army O-5 Cleared of Using Drugs During Active Duty

SOUTHEAST – Army O-5 abused drugs for 4 years while holding a Top Secret clearance on active duty. This drug abuse continued during his security clearance periodic review, leading him to lie on his SF86 about his drug use. Ultimately, he was arrested and convicted of drug possession, but permitted to retire from the military. […]

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