Feds Invoke National Security in Denying Review

In an article in today’s Washington Post, we learn about a Defense Intelligence Agency officer who was denied any administrative review after his security clearance was revoked. The DIA said any such review would require disclosing information which would endanger national security.

More government agencies are invoking such reasoning to deny due process in adverse actions involving security clearances. Persons affected are left with little recourse because federal courts have ruled security clearance cases non-justicible because they are deemed the purview of the Executive branch. One recent widely-reported case involved a former Department of Energy employee which we posted about here.

Filed Under: Laws & Regulations, Adverse Actions