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Russell-Hunter, Esq., Chief Department Counsel)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 8.317 -2.2 Td (FOR APPLICANT)Tj /TT2 1 Tf 2.75 -2.2 Td (Pro Se)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 16 419.25 Tm (The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals \(DOHA\) issued to Applicant \ a Statement of Reasons \(SOR\), dated June 1,)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (2004, which stated the reasons why )Tj 14.469 0 Td (DOHA proposed to deny or revoke access to classified information for App\ licant.)Tj -14.469 -1.125 Td (The SOR was based on Guideline B \(Foreign Influence\). )Tj 22.995 0 Td (Administrative )Tj 6.249 0 Td (Judge Philip S. 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3-5.)Tj -22.911 -1.125 Td (On appeal, Applicant has failed to demonstrate that the cited cases arti\ culated a rational basis for their conclusions, or)Tj T* (that the cited cases relied on reasoning or analysis that can be applied\ to the )Tj 30.517 0 Td (facts and circumstances of this case.)Tj -30.517 -1.125 Td (Applicant has therefore failed to meet his burden of establishing error \ on the part of the Administrative Judge.)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (\(c\) Applicant proffers a lengthy argument the gist of which is his ass\ ertion that recent facts, )Tj 36.85 0 Td (statements, and reports)Tj -36.85 -1.125 Td (concerning the nature of the PRC )Tj 13.607 0 Td (government and its intelligence-gathering activities indicate that he is\ not in a position)Tj -13.607 -1.125 Td (of vulnerability because of the presence of his in-laws there. )Tj 24.352 0 Td (Applicant's )Tj (argument is based wholly on matters outside)Tj -24.352 -1.125 Td (the record evidence. )Tj 8.329 0 Td (The Board is precluded from 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(of Applicant's luggage and monitoring of)Tj -29.047 -1.125 Td (Applicant's electronic communications has security significance independ\ ent of the fact that he has in-laws in the )Tj 45.554 0 Td (PRC)Tj -45.554 -1.125 Td (and travels there to visit them. )Tj 12.358 0 Td (The Board considers this error harmless, however, considering the other \ conclusions in)Tj -12.358 -1.125 Td (the Judge's decision that are )Tj 11.427 0 Td (sustainable.)Tj -11.427 -2.125 Td (\(e\) Applicant asserts that the Administrative Judge's unfavorable secu\ rity clearance determination is inconsistent with)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (record evidence of Applicant's solid )Tj 14.647 0 Td (record of achievement and his unquestioned loyalty to the United States.\ )Tj 29.27 0 Td (The Judge)Tj -43.917 -1.125 Td (was required to consider all the record evidence, both favorable and )Tj 27.377 0 Td (unfavorable. )Tj 5.275 0 Td (The Judge's weighing of the evidence)Tj -32.653 -1.125 Td (will not be disturbed on appeal unless there is a showing that the Judge\ weighed the evidence in a manner )Tj 42.544 0 Td (that was)Tj -42.544 -1.125 Td (arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law. )Tj 16.188 0 Td (Here, it was not arbitrary or capricious for the Judge to conclude that \ the)Tj ET EMC endstream endobj 14 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 2/Type/Page>> endobj 43 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (03-26176.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/03-26176.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:20:31 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 754.5 Tm (drawing diagrams and graphs?)Tj ET Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 729 Tm (\(Hearing Transcript, page 44\))Tj 0 -2.125 TD (Judge: So, it took you six years to get a Bachelor's Degree?)Tj T* (Applicant: Yes sir.)Tj T* (Judge: Why didn't 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