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Apr. 7, 2000\) involves an)Tj -20.047 -1.125 Td (Applicant)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 4.193 0 Td (with three security violations and six domestic incidents. )Tj 22.968 0 Td (In both cases, the Appeal Board reversed the hearing)Tj -27.161 -1.125 Td (Judge's decision citing peacemeal analysis. )Tj 17.453 0 Td (These two cases are quite dissimilar to Applicant's case.)Tj -17.453 -2.125 Td (15. )Tj (At the conclusion of Applicant's hearing, the Judge asked Department Cou\ nsel why the whole person concept should)Tj T* (not work in Applicant's favor)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 11.983 0 Td (\(Hearing Transcript at 52\). )Tj 10.968 0 Td (Department Counsel responded that Applicant had no criminal)Tj -22.951 -1.125 Td (record up to the two offenses at issue, was a good employee, and a)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 26.881 0 Td (honorable reservist. )Tj 8.136 0 Td (But he was a mature person with)Tj -35.017 -1.125 Td (a family, who knew better. )Tj 10.969 0 Td (He urged the Judge to "consider why he would risk all the good to do the\ se)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 30.291 0 Td (two acts.")Tj -41.26 -1.125 Td (\(Hearing Transcript at 53\). )Tj 10.968 0 Td (Waiver is appropriate because Department Counsel's failed to address the\ nine factor)Tj -10.968 -1.125 Td (analysis in Directive \266\266 E2.2.1.1 -)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.82 0 Td (E2.2.1.9 at the hearing when he had an opportunity to do so.)Tj -13.82 -2.125 Td (16. )Tj ("Falsification of a security clearance application raises serious questi\ ons about the person's trustworthiness and)Tj T* (reliability." 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Jan. 26, 2006\) \(Judge did not \ err by concluding drug use not recent with)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (passage of slightly less than two and a half)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 17.357 0 Td (years between last use and hearing\) \(citing ISCR Case No. 02-10454 at \ 4)Tj ET EMC endstream endobj 60 0 obj <>/BS<>/Border[0 0 0]/PA<>/Rect[345.0 727.0 363.0 738.0]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> endobj 19 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 6/Type/Page>> endobj 61 0 obj [63 0 R 64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R] endobj 62 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-12648.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/04-12648.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:40:39 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 16 755.25 Tm (The "whole person" concept is the focus of the analysis of whether an ap\ plicant is eligible for a security clearance.)Tj ET Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 741.75 Tm (Directive \266 E2.2.3. )Tj 7.784 0 Td (Indeed, the Appeal)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 7.83 0 Td (Board has repeatedly held that a Judge may find in favor of an applicant\ where)Tj -15.614 -1.125 Td (no specific mitigating conditions apply. )Tj 16.108 0 Td (ISCR Case No. 02-30864 at 4 \(App.)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (Bd. 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