Security Clearance Denial

I have noticed an uptick in the number of Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals cases involving foreign influence. It could be a coincidence, but I suspect it is not, considering the current political environment regarding the focus on foreign nationals living in the United States and Department of Homeland

There was a lot of buzz a few years ago when the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Justice cracked down on contractor background investigators who were falsifying reports of investigation and collecting payments for work that was not done. A recent Department of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA)

A security clearance applicant working for a DoD contractor on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicles contract was recently denied eligibility by the DoD Central Adjudications Services based on security concerns regarding the applicant’s behavior that resulted in an “Other Than Honorable” discharge from the U.S. Naval Academy. He subsequently appealed to

I see this over and over in security clearance denial cases. The applicant fails to disclose something that in and of itself is not serious or disqualifying for clearance eligibility. However, by doing that they have now created a new issue that is potentially disqualifying under the adjudicative guidelines for