Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Russia in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Russia 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 Russia allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- parent in foreign country · 87 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 73 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 68 cases
- in law in foreign country · 55 cases
- sibling in foreign country · 47 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 36 cases
- friend in foreign country · 35 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Russia cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 26 granted cases
- severed foreign contact · credited in 2 granted cases
- foreign passport surrendered · credited in 1 granted case
- voluntary disclosure before confrontation · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 14-02089 granted · 2018the applicant's commitment to the U.S. However, the administrative judge found that the applicant's connections to family members in Afghanistan and Russia raised significant security concerns under G…
- ISCR 17-00504 granted · 2018The applicant in this case was a 49-year-old employee of a defense contractor who had been employed since 2010. He was originally from Ukraine and became a U.S. citizen in 1991. The Statement of Reaso…
- ISCR 06-26254 denied · 2008The applicant in this case was a 57-year-old defense contractor manager who sought a Secret level security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Statement of Reasons (S…
- ISCR 16-03472 denied · 2018The applicant in this case was a 50-year-old senior engineer who sought a security clearance after being employed by various defense contractors. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reason…
Other countries in the record
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