Questionable Judgment (general)

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 23 granted cases
• passage of time · credited in 6 granted cases
• rehabilitation evidence · credited in 3 granted cases
• corrected falsification promptly · credited in 2 granted cases
• signed intent with revocation clause · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 07-00852 granted · 2008
  The applicant in this case sought a security clearance in connection with his employment at a defense contractor. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) …
• ISCR 17-00191 granted · 2018
  The applicant in this case was a 56-year-old flight engineer and project manager employed by a defense contractor since 2000. He sought to retain his security clearance despite a misdemeanor convictio…
• ISCR 06-25602.h1 denied · 2007
  Applicant was a 31-year-old technical services specialist for a defense contractor who applied for a security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Statement of Reasons…
• ISCR 06-25815.h1 denied · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 31-year-old single woman employed as a Systems Engineer by a defense contractor, seeking a security clearance. The allegations against her, outlined in the Statement o…

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