Falsification of Non-Security Records

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).

• acknowledgment and remorse · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 17-03884 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 47-year-old employee of a defense contractor, who had served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years before retiring as a lieutenant commander. The Department of Defense Consoli…
• ISCR 17-03497 granted · 2023
  The applicant in this case was a 32-year-old cable technician who had been employed in the same position since April 2016. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing se…
• ISCR 06-25863.h1 denied · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 54-year-old senior consultant for a defense contractor who sought to retain his security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue were related to personal condu…
• ISCR 17-00726 denied · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 41-year-old senior professional engineer who had worked for the same employer for four years and was pursuing a master's degree. The Department of Defense issued a Sta…

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Related issues under Guideline E

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• Lack of Candor in Interview / Investigation · 1,574 cases
• Questionable Judgment (general) · 1,421 cases
• Workplace Rules Violation · 758 cases