%PDF-1.6 % 1 0 obj <> endobj 2 0 obj <>stream 2021-07-07T15:17:10-04:00 2021-07-07T15:17:09-04:00 2021-07-07T15:17:10-04:00 Adobe Acrobat 17.0 application/pdf 98-0582.a1 uuid:f1cb31bc-9dfb-471b-ba3c-d831df24504e uuid:202c6a20-06eb-4eee-a1a6-5709922143cc Acrobat Web Capture 15.0 endstream endobj 5 0 obj <> endobj 6 0 obj <> endobj 3 0 obj <> endobj 7 0 obj <> endobj 8 0 obj <> endobj 21 0 obj <>>> endobj 22 0 obj <> endobj 23 0 obj <> endobj 25 0 obj [24 0 R 24 0 R] endobj 26 0 obj [24 0 R 24 0 R] endobj 27 0 obj [24 0 R 24 0 R] endobj 28 0 obj [24 0 R 24 0 R] endobj 29 0 obj [24 0 R 24 0 R] endobj 30 0 obj [24 0 R 24 0 R] endobj 31 0 obj [24 0 R 24 0 R] endobj 32 0 obj [24 0 R 24 0 R] endobj 24 0 obj <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>]/P 22 0 R/Pg 13 0 R/S/Article>> endobj 13 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 0/Type/Page>> endobj 33 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (98-0582.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/98-0582.a1.html)Tj 49.74 0 Td ([7/7/2021 3:17:10 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f 0.604 g q 1 0 0 1 16.0002 734.2497 cm 0 0 m 0.75 -0.75 l 580.5 -0.75 l 581.25 0 l h f Q 0.933 g q 1 0 0 1 16.7499 733.5 cm 0 0 m -0.75 -0.75 l 580.5 -0.75 l 579.75 0 l h f Q 0.604 g q 1 0 0 1 16.0002 732.7503 cm 0 0 m 0.75 0.75 l 0 1.499 l h f Q 0.933 g q 1 0 0 1 596.5002 733.5 cm 0 0 m 0.75 -0.75 l 0.75 0.75 l h f Q 0.604 g q 1 0 0 1 16.0002 618.75 cm 0 0 m 0.75 -0.75 l 579 -0.75 l 579.749 0 l h f Q 0.933 g q 1 0 0 1 16.7499 618.0003 cm 0 0 m -0.75 -0.751 l 579 -0.751 l 578.25 0 l h f Q 0.604 g q 1 0 0 1 16.0002 617.2497 cm 0 0 m 0.75 0.751 l 0 1.5 l h f Q 0.933 g q 1 0 0 1 594.9999 618.0003 cm 0 0 m 0.75 -0.751 l 0.75 0.75 l h f Q /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 749.25 Tm (DATE: November 12, 1999)Tj 0 -3.25 TD (In Re:)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (--------------------)Tj T* (SSN: -----------)Tj T* (Applicant for Security Clearance)Tj 0 -3.25 TD (ISCR Case No. 98-0582)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 11.641 -2.125 Td (APPEAL BOARD DECISION AND REVERSAL ORDER)Tj 8.793 -2.125 Td (APPEARANCES)Tj ET 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 261.2061 543 cm 0 0 m 89.338 0 l h S Q BT 11.25 0 0 11.25 251.0312 519 Tm (FOR GOVERNMENT)Tj /TT0 1 Tf -3.971 -2.2 Td (Arthur A. 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