Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Germany in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Germany resolved, from the public record. Ties to any country are not themselves disqualifying; every case turns on its own facts. This is decided history, never a prediction, and it says nothing about any nationality or community.
The ties these cases involved
The relationship kinds identified on Germany allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- sibling in foreign country · 15 cases
- parent in foreign country · 8 cases
- friend in foreign country · 7 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 6 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 5 cases
- in law in foreign country · 4 cases
- foreign bank account or investment · 4 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Germany cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 6 granted cases
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 21-00857 granted · 2022The applicant in this case was a 35-year-old employee of a defense contractor and a Captain in the Air Force Reserve, who had held a security clearance since 2011. The Department of Defense issued a S…
- ISCR 23-02263 granted · 2025The applicant in this case was a 37-year-old native of Afghanistan who sought a security clearance after being employed as a linguist for U.S. military forces. The Defense Counterintelligence and Secu…
- ISCR 23-00576 denied · 2024The applicant in this case was a 59-year-old employee of a defense contractor seeking a security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue were Guideline B (Foreign Influence) and Guideline E (P…
- ISCR 09-05224.h1 denied · 2009The judge found that the applicant mitigated foreign influence security concerns but ultimately denied eligibility for access to classified information due to personal conduct issues. The applicant's …
Other countries in the record
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