Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Nigeria in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Nigeria 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 Nigeria allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- parent in foreign country · 51 cases
- sibling in foreign country · 36 cases
- in law in foreign country · 23 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 21 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 8 cases
- financial support to foreign relative · 6 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 6 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Nigeria cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 15 granted cases
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 07-00999 granted · 2007The applicant in this case was a 49-year-old financial analyst who sought a security clearance in connection with her employment in the defense industry. The Department of Defense issued a Statement o…
- ISCR 21-00255 granted · 2022The applicant in this case was a 36-year-old employee of a federal contractor seeking a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons citing security concerns under Guide…
- ISCR 07-00320 denied · 2008The applicant in this case was a 44-year-old senior systems analyst employed by a government contractor, who had previously been granted a security clearance in 2000. The Defense Office of Hearings an…
- ISCR 17-04278 denied · 2019The applicant in this case was a 33-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Nigeria, who sought a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons citing security …
Other countries in the record
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