Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Direct Contact with Foreign Government
What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.
Official mitigating conditions cited
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 numbers of cases, not rates. Read what each condition says.
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 8(b) | 9 | 0 |
| ¶ 8(a) | 7 | 1 |
| ¶ 8(c) | 2 | 3 |
Circumstances 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).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 4 granted cases
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 19-02001 granted · 2021Applicant, a 60-year-old electrical engineer and lifelong U.S. citizen, sought to retain his security clearance after being issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) by the Department of Defense Consolidate…
- ISCR 19-03948 granted · 2021The applicant in this case was a 26-year-old U.S. citizen employed as a senior systems engineer for a defense contractor. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) issued a Statement …
- ISCR 18-01359 denied · 2019The applicant in this case was a 34-year-old U.S. citizen who sought a security clearance but faced allegations under Guideline B (Foreign Influence) as outlined in the Statement of Reasons (SOR) issu…
- ISCR 18-02179 denied · 2020The applicant in this case was a 59-year-old dual citizen of Somalia and the United States, who sought a security clearance for a linguist position with a Department of Defense contractor. The Departm…
Related issues under Guideline B
- Parent (citizen/resident of foreign country) · 2,274 cases
- Sibling (citizen/resident of foreign country) · 1,746 cases
- In-law (citizen/resident of foreign country) · 1,017 cases
- Spouse (foreign citizen or dual citizen) · 793 cases
- Extended Family (uncle/aunt/cousin) in foreign country · 677 cases
- Foreign Real Estate Holding · 496 cases
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