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Ties to Jordan in decided clearance cases

How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Jordan 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.

Decided cases
78
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
51%
40 granted · 38 denied or revoked

The ties these cases involved

The relationship kinds identified on Jordan allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).

  • parent in foreign country · 42 cases
  • sibling in foreign country · 39 cases
  • unspecified foreign relationship · 24 cases
  • in law in foreign country · 18 cases
  • spouse dual or foreign citizen · 13 cases
  • extended family in foreign country · 11 cases
  • friend in foreign country · 8 cases

What judges credited in granted cases

Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Jordan cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

  • deep U.S. ties · credited in 12 granted cases
  • severed foreign contact · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 17-00832 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 56-year-old individual who had familial connections to Saudi Arabia, which raised security concerns under Guideline B (foreign influence). The Statement of Reasons (SO
  • ISCR 19-00878 granted · 2019
    The 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 18-02206 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case sought a security clearance and was evaluated under Guideline B, which pertains to foreign influence. The Statement of Reasons (SOR) raised concerns regarding the applicant'
  • ISCR 19-01453 denied · 2021
    which the individual has ties, the nature of those ties, and the potential for foreign influence. In this case, the applicant, a 39-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Kuwait, faced secu

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Other countries in the record

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