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Removed Classified Info to Personal Space

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.

Decided cases
37
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
54%
20 granted · 17 denied or revoked

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.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 35(a)152
¶ 35(b)120

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 04-04264.a2 granted · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a senior software engineer for a defense contractor who faced security concerns under Guideline K (Security Violations) of Department of Defense Directive 5220.6. The al
  • ISCR 18-01631 granted · 2020
    The applicant in this case was a 46-year-old defense contractor with a history of holding security clearances, including a top secret sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) clearance. The Depart
  • ISCR 17-01741 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 58-year-old employee of a federal contractor seeking to maintain his security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security
  • ISCR 18-02968 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 44-year-old data scientist with a master's degree and a history of holding a security clearance since 2006. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SO

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