GS Employee Retains Clearance

MIDATLANTIC:  Federal Government employee in the Department of Defense received an SOR concerning handling of protected information, personal conduct, sexual conduct, criminal conduct, psychological conditions, and financial considerations as a result of allegations of leaving classified material unsecured, failing to protect sensitive information by having it open to public view while on public transportation, disclosing […]

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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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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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Dept. of Justice Employee Cleared from Failure to Secure Classified Material Concerns

CENTRAL AMERICA – Applicant employed by Department of Justice in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at an overseas U.S. Embassy. Received Letter of Intent to revoke clearance based on: Guideline B – ; Guideline E – Personal Conduct for record of misconduct to include dishonesty in provision of information related to periodic […]

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Naturalized US Citizen & Native of ROC Cleared Over Security Concerns

NEW ENGLAND – Applicant native of the Republic of China and naturalized U.S. citizen, who is a senior fellow with a Defense Contractor, was issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) alleging Guideline B – Foreign Influence and Guideline C – Foreign Preference concerns due to renewal and use of Taiwanese passport after becoming naturalized U.S. […]

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Senior Civilian Researcher Cleared from Sharing Classified Information

WASHINGTON, DC – Senior civilian researcher, Federal Government employee issued a Letter of Intent (LOI) to revoke his clearance based upon the following allegations in the Statement of Reasons (SOR) under Guideline E – Personal Conduct and Guideline K – Security Violations: Being issued a warning for bringing an uncleared individual into a Sensitive Compartmented […]

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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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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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Navy Civilian Employee Cleared From Relationship with Foreign Officer

WASHINGTON, DC – Department of the Navy civilian employee was issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) to revoke eligibility for security clearance and assignment to a sensitive position, under Adjudicative Guideline: B – Foreign Influence, E – Personal Conduct, and K – Handling Protected Information due to Post-Test (polygraph) interview with the FBI […]

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Marine Corps O-5 Cleared from Misuse of Classified Documents

SOUTHEAST – Marine Corps O-5 was issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) to revoke security clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), under Adjudicative Guideline: E – Personal Conduct, K – Handling Protected Information, and M – Misuse of Information Technology Systems due to mishandling of classified information by leaving it on […]

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