Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline D · Sexual Behavior
Child Pornography Involvement
What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.
Decided cases
84
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
17%
14 granted · 70 denied or revoked
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.
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 14(b) | 6 | 3 |
| ¶ 14(c) | 4 | 1 |
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 21-01959 granted · 2023The applicant in this case was a 38-year-old employee of a defense contractor who had been employed since 2014. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security concerns u…
- ISCR 23-01593 granted · 2025the security clearance again in 2017. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) on October 19, 2023, citing security concerns under Guidelines D (s…
- ISCR 17-01680 denied · 2019The applicant in this case was a 54-year-old reliability engineer and Army chaplain who faced security concerns under Guideline D (Sexual Behavior) and Guideline E (Personal Conduct). The Statement of…
- ISCR 18-00050 denied · 2019the prosecution. Applicant admitted to having pornography on his computer but denied intentionally seeking out images of minors. He expressed surprise at the charges and claimed he accepted the pretri…
Related issues under Guideline D
- Criminal Sexual Conduct (D-side) · 268 cases
- Unspecified Sexual Behavior · 244 cases
- Compulsive / Addictive Sexual Behavior · 96 cases
- Prostitution or Solicitation · 90 cases
- Extramarital Relationship with Coercion Risk · 46 cases
- Online / Electronic Sexual Misconduct · 35 cases
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