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Drug Use and a Department of Energy Security Clearance
As we all know, illegal drug use is one of the disqualifiers for being granted a security clearance, but it can be mitigated depending on several factors. Here is a tale of two drug users who applied for a security clearance with the Department of Energy. Case #1: This applicant

What Are Your Chances of Winning a Security Clearance Appeal? Not Good in 2018
The Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals has started 2018 off with a bang in hearing twenty-four appeal cases, of which twenty-two clearance denial decisions were upheld, one denial decision reversed to clearance granted, and one case remanded back to the original adjudicator for a procedural review. As has historically
The agency is the NSA. The one notorious for multiple polygraphs. Are you going for the same agency or having the same experience?
john_smith2: The one notorious for multiple polygraphs. The only agency that would not fall into this category is FBI because they seem to have a one-and-done policy for new applicants.
I thank god I never applied them. I have huge testing anxiety so im glad I at least get a few chances. Or maybe its a routine type of thing.…
Yes I am. However I haven’t been contacted yet to reschedule so I’m worried I might have failed. May I ask your time frame for all your polygraphs/reschedules? Trying to…