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Guideline L: Outside Activities

Outside employment or activities, including service to a foreign interest, that conflict with security responsibilities.

57
decided hearing cases
49%
granted

The specific issues, and how they fared

Outside activity (unspecified)
53% granted · 34
Service with foreign entity / national
50% granted · 26

Mitigations judges credited most

Activity is sanctioned by the United States
1

Counted only where the judge expressly credited the mitigation, not merely where it was claimed.

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Descriptive statistics from decided public DOHA cases. Not legal advice or a prediction. † marks samples under 20 cases.