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Article, The Naked Truth: How Pornography Can Hurt Your Clearance Eligibility

Bill Savarino discusses how pornography can hurt your security clearance eligibility.  

Polygraphs – don’t be a deer caught in the headlights

Bill Savarino shares his advice on how to take a polygraph in clearance investigations.  

Another Clearance Saved

Bill Savarino saved another clearance this time an SCI level clearance with NSA.  The matter involved allegations pertaining to pornography under Guideline D (Sexual Behavior); illegal hacking of computer systems under Guideline M (Use of Information Technology Systems); and fraudulent conduct under Guideline J (Criminal Conduct).

Another Clearance Saved

Bill Savarino saved another clearance at the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), this time for a senior executive from India.  It involved mitigating Foreign Influence issues under Guideline B concerning siblings in India and assets in India. 

Illegal Drugs and Clearances – what you don’t know can hurt you

Bill Savarino discusses illegal drug use and the security clearance process.  

Another Clearance Saved

Bill Savarino saved another clearance at the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), this time without the need for a hearing by convincing DOHA to withdraw the Statement of Reasons.   The applicant was from Pakistan, who had siblings and parent’s-in-law in Pakistan.

Another Clearance Saved

Bill Savarino saved another clearance at the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), this time for an employee of a defense contractor with a Colombian spouse and family residing in Colombia.  It involved mitigating Foreign Influence issues under Guideline B and Foreign Preference issues under Guideline C due to possession and use of a […]

Another Clearance Saved

Bill Savarino saved another clearance at the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) for an employee of a contractor working at the U.S. State Department.  The case involved Guideline E – Personal Conduct and was based on allegations that he lied on his SF-86 about his reason for having left his employer.  The individual […]

Another Clearance (and Career) Saved

Bill Savarino saved another clearance and with it the long, distinguished career of a key employee of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).   DHS suspended and fought hard to revoke the employee’s access to classified national security information and eligibility to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on allegations under Guideline E – Personal Conduct, Guideline […]

DoD Makes Changes to Security Clearance Adjudication Procedures

The DoD Consolidated Adjudication Facility (CAF) has recently changed the process for adjudicating personnel clearances before DOHA. The changes may appear innocuous in nature, but they have potentially significant ramifications.