Association with Persons Involved in Criminal Activity

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

What judges credited in granted cases

Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

• severed ties to using friends · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 17-03023 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 61-year-old software development project manager who had worked for her current federal contractor-employer for approximately 20 years. The Department of Defense issue…
• ISCR 18-01891 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 23-year-old U.S. citizen who had held a security clearance since October 2015. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing a security concern …
• ISCR 18-02827 denied · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 29-year-old aeronautical engineer seeking a security clearance. The Department of Defense (DoD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing concerns under Guideline H r…
• ISCR 20-01150 denied · 2021
  The applicant in this case was a 24-year-old assembler technician seeking a security clearance from the Department of Defense (DoD). The adjudicative guidelines at issue were personal conduct and drug…

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Related issues under Guideline E

• Falsification of Security Clearance Application · 3,072 cases
• Unspecified Personal Conduct · 2,932 cases
• Omission / Failure to Disclose on Security Form · 2,673 cases
• Lack of Candor in Interview / Investigation · 1,574 cases
• Questionable Judgment (general) · 1,421 cases
• Workplace Rules Violation · 758 cases