Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Israel in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Israel 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 Israel allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- parent in foreign country · 98 cases
- sibling in foreign country · 87 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 76 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 45 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 42 cases
- in law in foreign country · 37 cases
- friend in foreign country · 33 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Israel cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 36 granted cases
- severed foreign contact · credited in 4 granted cases
- foreign assets divested · credited in 3 granted cases
- foreign passport surrendered · credited in 2 granted cases
- contact disclosed to authorities · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 19-00878 granted · 2019The applicant in this case was a 49-year-old financial analyst for a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing concerns u…
- ISCR 19-03948 granted · 2021The applicant in this case was a 26-year-old U.S. citizen employed as a senior systems engineer for a defense contractor. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) issued a Statement …
- ISCR 07-00596 denied · 2007The applicant in this case was a 44-year-old engineer employed by a defense contractor, who sought a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons citing security concern…
- ISCR 07-00638 denied · 2008The applicant in this case was a 48-year-old Chief Executive Officer of a defense-related company, seeking a Secret level security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a…
Other countries in the record
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