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DUI / DWI (criminal charge)

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.

Does dui / dwi (criminal charge) affect a security clearance?

DUI / DWI (criminal charge) is an issue decided under Guideline J, Criminal Conduct. In the decided DOHA record it appears in 1,089 hearing-level cases, and 24% of the 1,085 decided ended with access granted (258 granted, 827 denied). The mitigating conditions judges credited most often, and example decisions either way, are below.

Basis: 1,085 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.

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Decided cases

1,089

hearing-level decisions raising this issue

Granted

24%

258 granted · 827 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions cited

The formal mitigating conditions the case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted and in cases that were denied. Each is shown with its paragraph number and a plain name. Read what each condition says.

  • ¶ 32(a) · So much time has passed, or the circumstances were so unusual

    In granted cases
    149
    In denied cases
    43

  • ¶ 32(d) · Successful rehabilitation shown

    In granted cases
    105
    In denied cases
    33

  • ¶ 32(c) · No reliable evidence that the person committed the offense

    In granted cases
    68
    In denied cases
    14

  • ¶ 32(b) · The person acted under pressure that is unlikely to recur

    In granted cases
    54
    In denied cases
    6

Circumstances credited in granted cases

The specific circumstances the judge expressly credited among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted.
  • rehabilitation evidence · credited in 33 granted cases
  • no subsequent offenses · credited in 26 granted cases
  • acknowledgment and remorse · credited in 17 granted cases
  • passage of time · credited in 13 granted cases
  • explanation of omission credible · credited in 5 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR Case No. 24-00279Granted2026

    Applicant, a longtime cleared defense contractor employee and former Army civilian, faced SOR allegations under Guidelines G and J for three DUI incidents in 2004, 2007, and 2020. He admitted the alle…

  • ISCR Case No. 24-02425Granted2026

    Applicant, a 26-year-old able seaman, faced Guideline F allegations involving a charged-off auto debt, medical debt, tuition debt, and court fines, plus Guideline J allegations involving traffic offen…

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01419Denied2026

    The case involves security concerns under multiple guidelines, including criminal conduct, alcohol consumption, personal conduct, foreign influence, and financial considerations. The applicant admitte…

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01194Denied2026

    The applicant's security clearance was denied due to unresolved security concerns under Guidelines D, J, and E. The allegations included felony sexual assault on a minor, multiple criminal conduct cha…

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How these numbers are measured

Scope: decided hearing-level cases whose per-allegation profile records this issue, matched to the same issue value the search filters use, so a count here and a filtered search always agree. A case raising several issues counts under each one. The mitigating conditions and the credited circumstances below were extracted for a subset of the record, so both are counts of cases rather than rates. Pages exist only for issues with at least 25 decided cases, and † marks any split built on fewer than 20.

Reading the statistics

  • Granted = access granted or continued; Denied = denied or revoked.
  • Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied).
  • † marks figures based on fewer than 20 cases, too few to be reliable.
  • Hovering any rate shows its statistical range (a 95% confidence interval).
  • Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.

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