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Obtaining Security Clearance

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Last month I wrote about the Security Clearance Improvement Act of 2021 that was submitted to Congress with the aim of identifying security clearance applicants who may have participated in events such as those that occurred on January 6, 2021 at the Capitol. Last week another bill called the Security Clearance Review

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Security Clearance Denial

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to those that spin a web of lies or hide information.

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Discussing: Update: Attorney at interview
naughtypetey

This Lindy Kyzer lady who works for this site is always lurking and reading the threads on this forum. Sometimes she posts a video reply. It looks like she replied…

clearedrob

She makes a valid point but I think it’s off-topic a tiny bit. We are (I am) not arguing that it’s against the rules to bring an attorney. My issue…

Fuzzy

USAFCrawdaddy: At the beginning the investigator gave a long speech and she mentioned that the interview and investigation could be given to other government and law enforcement agencies. A “long…

SIRBTOPMNBIBDCSANEXT

Indeed. I wanted to reply to OP, but I just keep thinking it is not that deep.

Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) issued Federal Investigations Notice (FIN) 20-01 announcing the release of the revised Standard Form 85P used for Public Trust background…
Background Investigations

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently published a joint Executive Correspondence (EC) fact sheet…
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Security Clearance Denial

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…