Contractor Prevails at Clearance Revocation Hearing

An attorney whose client, a defense contractor, faced possible revocation of his security clearance after allegedly misusing a company credit card successfully defended against the U.S. Government which had argued that clearance revocation was in the interests of national security.

The attorney argued that the Administrative Judge consider the “whole person” concept in weighing the totality of facts and omissions. The Judge found in favor of the applicant for each and every allegation raised in the Government’s Statement of Reasons to revoke clearance.

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