14.5.07

Security clearance decisions:

I find this website absolutely fascinating. It's a list of decisions made about whether to grant DoD security clearances to contractors who raised some red flags during the initial process. The number of people who applied for a security clearance while not having filed their taxes is mind-blowing. I'm not sure whether anybody is prosecuted for this (or for lying on the form, which is a felony).

It seems that finances are the most likely disqualifying factor, with foreign influence or personal conduct (usually lying on the form) in second, and things like drug use or criminal conduct a distant third.

Maybe it's just the way that they are written, but they usually seem to get the decision right, also, which is nice to see.