Security Clearance news
Continuous Vetting Rap Back Program Update
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is responsible for running the DoD’s Continuous Vetting (CV) Program. They also enroll non-DoD agency employees into CE. One part of the CE program, run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is called Rap Back, which is short for “Record of Arrest and Prosecution Background.” Prior
The Story of the Clearance Holder, the KGB, and Havana Syndrome
In one of the more unusual Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) cases I have seen in quite a while, this defense contractor had held a security clearance since 2008 until it was revoked in 2021 due to concerns about the state of his mental health after he had
You’re mixing up two different things: what is legal everywhere vs. what the U.S. government can hold its cleared personnel accountable for. Security clearances aren’t a “follow only local laws”…
Personal Conduct guideline needs to have boundaries set. The government will abuse that guideline to deny a clearance if the government doesn’t like that person. Some of things that are…
Yup, they denied me on petty nonsense , because i shared a “naughty” pic with a girl i was seeing and because i got in an argument defending guys i…
My mind goes to “if you have to ask, you can’t afford it”