Lack of Candor in Interview / Investigation

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 2 granted cases
• corrected falsification promptly · credited in 2 granted cases
• passage of time · credited in 2 granted cases

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 06-26613.h1 granted · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 32-year-old employee of a defense contractor seeking to renew his security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue were Guideline J (Criminal Conduct) and Guid…
• ISCR 18-01813 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 58-year-old information systems security manager who had served in the U.S. Navy and held a security clearance since 1978. The Department of Defense issued a Statement…
• 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 07-00062 denied · 2008
  The applicant in this case was a 48-year-old instrumentation technician for a defense contractor, who had held a secret security clearance for approximately 25 years. The adjudicative guidelines at is…

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