Online / Electronic Sexual Misconduct

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.

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 24-01359 granted · 2025
  the conduct occurred in a context that is unlikely to recur, it may be considered mitigated. The administrative judge found that the applicant's behavior occurred in a specific and unusual circumstanc…
• ISCR 08-05351.h1 granted · 2009
  The judge found that the applicant's past sexual behavior, which included accessing pornography on a work computer, raised security concerns under Guideline D. However, the applicant successfully miti…
• ISCR 19-01753 denied · 2020
  The applicant in this case was a 55-year-old communication system engineer who had been employed by a Department of Defense (DOD) contractor and previously served in the Air Force. The adjudicative gu…
• ISCR 19-02724 denied · 2020
  The applicant in this case was a 53-year-old manufacturing and quality assurance engineer employed by a U.S. Government contractor. He sought a security clearance, which was challenged due to allegati…

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Related issues under Guideline D

• Criminal Sexual Conduct (D-side) · 268 cases
• Unspecified Sexual Behavior · 244 cases
• Compulsive / Addictive Sexual Behavior · 96 cases
• Prostitution or Solicitation · 90 cases
• Child Pornography Involvement · 84 cases
• Extramarital Relationship with Coercion Risk · 46 cases