Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline K · Handling Protected Info
Removed Classified Info to Personal Space
Does removed classified info to personal space affect a security clearance?
Basis: 37 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.
Decided cases
37
hearing-level decisions raising this issue
Granted
54%
20 granted · 17 denied or revoked
Official mitigating conditions cited
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 35(a) · So long ago, so infrequent, or so unusual that it is unlikely to recur | 15 | 2 |
| ¶ 35(b) · A favorable response to counseling or remedial security training | 12 | 0 |
¶ 35(a) · So long ago, so infrequent, or so unusual that it is unlikely to recur
- In granted cases
- 15
- In denied cases
- 2
¶ 35(b) · A favorable response to counseling or remedial security training
- In granted cases
- 12
- In denied cases
- 0
Recent decided examples
Applicant, a 25-year-old mechanical engineering graduate, sought a security clearance after submitting his application on November 17, 2022. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SO…
The applicant in this case was a 68-year-old employee of a Department of Defense contractor seeking to maintain his security clearance. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency issued a Sta…
Applicant, a 30-year-old male with over seven years of service in the U.S. Navy, applied for a security clearance on March 17, 2021. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility issue…
The applicant in this case was a 60-year-old man with extensive experience in the defense contracting industry, holding multiple advanced degrees and having worked for nearly 40 years. The Department …
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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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