Security Clearance news
Another Contractor Found Guilty of Falsifying SF-86
As a follow-on to a previous article in which a former Navy contractor was found guilty and sentenced to prison for lying on his background investigation application and to FBI agents, another similar case just finished in federal court involving a former State Department contractor. Zaldy Sabino was sentenced to seven years
Ignorance of Laws or Rules is No Excuse
In the national security world, ignorance or mistake of law is generally not an excuse for failing to abide by legal obligations. This opinion has been established long ago by appeals board judges in upholding security clearance denials. There are various adjudicative guidelines where claiming ignorance of the rules or
Agreed! I am not sure why “now” the media is causing people to become hysterical. There were also cases of Ebola during the previous administration (and the swine flu like…
Well Ebola was different, it wasn’t a virus that you could catch easily. It was by bodily fluid transmission, close contact. There were very few cases in the U.S. I…
My TDY was cancelled. Hearing big changes may be coming down on Monday. My guess is a liberal use of phone and VTC but who knows.
Wellll, we need some answers sooner rather than later. We heard guidance was supposed to come yesterday. I am probably going to postpone scheduled interviews until we get guidance as…