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Most states have laws where if you feel threatened – and are in fear of injury or death – you may use deadly force to defend yourself. Criminal defense attorneys use this argument to defend clients’ actions that may sometimes have exceeded the parameters of self-defense laws. In one of

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AdjudicationSecurity Clearance DenialSecurity Clearance Process

When reading through case summaries and Report of Investigations (ROI), I always look for what a security clearance applicant’s motivation was for committing a crime, doing illegal drugs, or just plain lying about stuff. In most cases, the motivation is easy to figure out: financial difficulties, alcohol or drug dependency,

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Denial

Many government contractors live and work all over the world in areas where family members cannot go. Locals are hired to take care of basic…
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Security Clearance Process

In mid-August Personnel Security Management Office for Industry (PSMO-I) , the branch of DSS that processes the investigation applications and grants interim security clearances for DoD,…
Obtaining Security Clearance

After going through the laborious background investigation process and finally getting notified that you are eligible for a security clearance, you now have to sign…