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.

Senior Defense Contractor Cleared from Allegations of Foreign Trade

WEST COAST – Applicant senior employee of Defense Contractor issued Statement of Reasons recommending denial of security clearance based upon Guideline B (Foreign Influence) as result of father being a resident and citizen of a foreign country, father residing with Applicant periodically in the U.S., Applicant contributing to father’s monthly support while residing overseas, Applicant’s […]

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Active USMC Cleared with Conditions from Prior Drug Use and Financial Considerations

MIDDLE ATLANTIC – Active duty USMC E-8 issued Letter of Intent to deny Security Clearance based upon Guideline E (Personal Conduct), Guideline F (Financial Considerations) as result of approximately 20 accounts in collection/arrears/delinquent, totaling over $20,000, and Guideline J (Criminal Conduct) due to violations of UCMJ Articles 86, 91 and 92, investigation as suspect into […]

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FAM Cleared From Assault as a Law Enforcement Officer & Extra-Marital Affairs

WASHINGTON, DC – Federal Air Marshall (FAM) issued Letter of Denial of Security Clearance by Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Transportation Security Administration (TSA) due to Guideline J – Criminal Activity (Assault while employed as a law enforcement officer); Guideline D – Sexual Behavior (Multiple extra-marital affairs) and Guideline E – Personal Conduct (Committed assault while […]

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Senior Executive Defense Contractor Cleared from Use & Purchase of Drugs

SOUTHEAST – Senior Executive with Defense Contractor issued Letter of Intent (LOI) to deny Special Access (Sensitive Compartmented Information – SCI) by Department of the Navy Central Adjudication Facility (DONCAF) due to Guideline H – (Drug Involvement) as result of multiple occasions of purchase and use of cocaine and Guideline E (Personal Conduct) for failing […]

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Officer Cleared from Bad Debts and Fraternization with Subordinate

WASHINGTON, DC – Officer issued Letter of Intent (LOI) to deny security clearance based upon Guideline D – (Sexual Behavior), Guideline E – (Personal Conduct), Guideline F – (Financial Considerations) and Guideline J – (Criminal Conduct) as a result of receiving nonjudicial punishment for Violations of UCMJ Articles 133 and 134, inappropriate relationship with a […]

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Defense Contract Employee Granted Clearance from Alcohol Abuse & DUIs

WEST COAST – Applicant employee of a defense contractor issued Statement of Reasons recommending denial of security clearance based upon Guideline G – (Alcohol Consumption) due to consumption of alcohol to excess and the point of intoxication over a nearly 40 year period; DUI conviction; denials of special access programs on three previous occasions over […]

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Active Duty E-5 Cleared From Financial Debts and Past Due Accounts

WEST COAST – Active duty E-5 issued Letter of Intent (LOI) to deny Security clearance based upon Guidelines E – Personal Conduct, F – Financial Considerations and J – Criminal Conduct as result of assault and financial Judgments (two), Collections/Bad Debts (eight) and Past Due accounts (one). The Central Adjudication Facility (CAF) did not accept […]

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Dept. of Army Civilian Employee Cleared from Debt, Rape, and DUI

EUROPE – Civilian employee of Department of the Army issued a Letter of Intent (LOI) to revoke Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Access Eligibility and Security Clearance based upon Guideline F- Financial Considerations as result of five past due accounts, two accounts in collection and incomplete information provided regarding financial obligations. Upon failing to respond to […]

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Naturalized US Citizen & Native of ROC Cleared Over Security Concerns

NEW ENGLAND – Applicant native of the Republic of China and naturalized U.S. citizen, who is a senior fellow with a Defense Contractor, was issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) alleging Guideline B – Foreign Influence and Guideline C – Foreign Preference concerns due to renewal and use of Taiwanese passport after becoming naturalized U.S. […]

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Defense Contract Employee Cleared From Failure to Disclose Drug Use

SOUTHEAST – Applicant employee of a Defense Contractor completed SF-86 for a Secret Clearance and, a year later, again completed an SF-86 for a Top Secret Clearance. On both questionnaires, applicant failed to disclose pre-employment drug experimentation. Background investigation disclosed prior drug use, however, applicant disclosed same to investigator. Though not technically meeting mitigating criteria […]

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