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Falsification of Security Clearance Application

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

Does falsification of security clearance application affect a security clearance?

Falsification of Security Clearance Application is an issue decided under Guideline E, Personal Conduct. In the decided DOHA record it appears in 3,103 hearing-level cases, and 10% of the 3,100 decided ended with access granted (310 granted, 2,790 denied). The mitigating conditions judges credited most often, and example decisions either way, are below.

Basis: 3,100 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.

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Decided cases

3,103

hearing-level decisions raising this issue

Granted

10%

310 granted · 2,790 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.

  • ¶ 17(a) · A prompt, good-faith correction made before being confronted

    In granted cases
    76
    In denied cases
    27

  • ¶ 17(c) · Minor, long ago, infrequent, or under unique circumstances

    In granted cases
    70
    In denied cases
    17

  • ¶ 17(b) · The omission followed advice of counsel, and full cooperation followed

    In granted cases
    47
    In denied cases
    11

  • ¶ 17(d) · The behavior acknowledged, with counseling or other positive steps

    In granted cases
    28
    In denied cases
    1

  • ¶ 17(e) · Steps taken to reduce vulnerability to pressure

    In granted cases
    25
    In denied cases
    2

  • ¶ 17(g) · The association was unwitting or has ended

    In granted cases
    5
    In denied cases
    1

Circumstances credited in granted cases

The specific circumstances the judge expressly credited among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted.
  • corrected falsification promptly · credited in 20 granted cases
  • acknowledgment and remorse · credited in 5 granted cases
  • explanation of omission credible · credited in 2 granted cases
  • rehabilitation evidence · credited in 1 granted case
  • voluntary disclosure before confrontation · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR Case No. 26-00256Granted2026

    The applicant, a 32-year-old security guard, was granted eligibility for access to classified information after mitigating financial concerns and refuting personal conduct allegations. He admitted to …

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01563Granted2026

    This case involves security concerns regarding the applicant's alcohol consumption, drug involvement, psychological conditions, and personal conduct. The applicant admitted to several allegations rela…

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01592Denied2026

    The applicant's security clearance was denied due to financial concerns under Guideline F, where he admitted to five delinquent credit card accounts totaling approximately $68,861. Although he took ov…

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01413Denied2026

    The applicant's security clearance was denied due to failure to mitigate concerns related to drug involvement, substance misuse, criminal conduct, and personal conduct. The applicant admitted to some …

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Related issues under Guideline E

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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