Security Clearance Success Stories

Brief summaries of JAG Defense’s Representative Cases for Security Clearance cases are listed below. To download written decisions of cases handled by JAG Defense, please visit Security Clearance Decisions.

Active Duty Member Owes Over $25,000, Retains Security Clearance

WEST COAST: Active duty E-6 received Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) under Adjudicative Guidelines for Personal Conduct and Financial Considerations concerning eight accounts in arrears/collection/bad debts totaling approximately $25,000 as well as the omission of relevant and material facts on the SF86 and admissions during OPM background investigation to spending more money than […]

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E-8 Has Significant Financial Debt But Retains Clearance

SOUTH: SNCO/E-8 issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) for Financial Considerations concerning State tax lien for unpaid taxes for several years; Child support in arrears placed in collection for over $30,000 as the result of not making full support payments over a period of approximately 7 years; and additional past due debt not […]

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O-5 Retains Clearance Despite Allegations of Abuse

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reserve O-5 issued Letter of Intent (LOI) to revoke clearance after having recently favorably appealed a previous revocation of security clearance and granting of clearance with caution. Initial denial was based upon allegations of child emotional and physical abuse, arrests for assault, assault and battery, domestic assault, assault and battery on a […]

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Clearance Granted for Active Duty Officer Despite Significant Bureaucratic Errors by Command

EUROPE:  Client active duty officer issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) under Adjudicative Guidelines: B – Foreign Influence, C – Foreign Preference, E – Personal Conduct, and F – Financial Considerations, based upon being identified in a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file regarding suspected provision of false statements to a financial institution […]

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Service Member Granted Access to TS/SCI After Multiple Misconducts

MIDDLE ATLANTIC – Active duty service member issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) from Consolidated Adjudication Facility for allegations falling under Adjudicative Guidelines D – Sexual Behavior, G – Alcohol Consumption, I – Psychological Conditions, and J – Criminal Conduct as the result of imposition of punishment under the Uniform Code of Military […]

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Clearance Granted After Failure to Disclose Negative Termination

May 2013 – Federal Air Marshal (FAM) was denied Top Secret Security Clearance and placed on unpaid administrative leave based on termination of previous Defense Contractor law

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Security Clearance Granted to Naturalized US Couple of Middle Eastern Descent

WASHINGTON, DC – Applicant is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Middle East country considered hostile to U.S. interests with combat occurring in that country at time application for clearance submitted. Applicant denied clearance based on Guidelines: B – Foreign Influence (immediate family members residing in and citizens of foreign country); E – Personal Conduct (failure […]

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Defense Contract Employee Cleared from Personal and Criminal Conduct

SOUTHWEST – Applicant employee of a Defense Contractor denied Security Clearance based on Guidelines: E – Personal Conduct (Use of and failure to disclose use of illegal drugs); and Guideline J – Criminal Conduct (Retail Theft and subsequent Failure to Appear, Disorderly Conduct and subsequent Failure to Appear; Aggravated Battery; and Material Misrepresentations in Application […]

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Reserve Officer Retains Security Clearance after Misuse of Gov IT System.

WASHINGTON, DC – Reserve Officer received a Letter of Intent (LOI), from the Service’s Central Adjudication Facility, to revoke security clearance based upon Guideline E – Personal Conduct; and Guideline M – Misuse of Information Technology System (accessing pornographic Web sites on a government computer on a number of occasions, for which the officer also […]

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Defense Contract Employee Gains Security Cleared Despite Multiple DUIs

MIDDLE ATLANTIC – Applicant employee of a Defense Contractor denied Security Clearance based on Guideline G – Alcohol Consumption (Drinking to excess/intoxication from 1975-2002, Conviction for drunk in public, Four convictions for DUI to include felony conviction and jail term, Suspended drivers license as result of DUI’s, Conviction for driving on suspended license, Alcohol abuse […]

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