WPC^  +oNy4Ly4L@|`I7We숤P&e݃NR*}QiI%TۢQ}>[R,gP{U$h=o-;N*>ac,| exe')іP N0p-յPmwL(bo?4ayj}dQ ۔:%+Il6/G+-?YvGIr9Gl2X| lN<ɴq()X CB.l.L\'2E/A6l =] pU%I@;dEx=f3\.Pyz@S@s=9ayZ\FG"ч*&V^iVnp_\5mZ#UN % 0: ^ C wO 4S g v mx Z N b UN E= N? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? BA HP LaserJet P3010 Series PCL 60(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX($USUS.,}~UJ5 f-IntFold3|xU8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUE 6Times New Roman Regular d !USUS.,  _KEYWORD:GuidelineF  DIGEST:Applicantsbriefincludesdocumentsthatpost_Ԅdate_ԀtheJudgesdecision.Wecannot  considernewevidenceonappeal.DirectiveE3.1.29.Applicantreiteratessomeofthe t informationthathehadprovidedearlier,asinhisResponsetothe_SOR_,inwhichheclaimsthat ` heisresolvinghislargedebtanddeniesowingtheothers.TheJudgediscussedinformationthat L  Applicantsubmittedduringthecourseofhisclearanceadjudication.Applicantshasnotshown 8  thattheJudgeweighedtheevidenceinamannerthatwasarbitrary,capricious,orcontraryto $ t law.Adversedecisionaffirmed.  ` _CASENO_:1504225.a1  8  DATE:02/17/2017    81sdd8       `     h      p DATE:February17,2017  \ .؉7r(#(#.AY) xdEgA   InRe:    .     { ApplicantforSecurityClearance S!  AY) xdE*#gA +#{" )  " ) # ) $ ) % ) l& ) X ' ) D!( ) 0")  #l* pX p _ISCR_ԀCaseNo.1504225 -  l. .؉7r. \XXp $D .    APPEALBOARDDECISION %0!/ APPEARANCES (#2  &%XX FORGOVERNMENT  |*%4 JamesB.Norman,Esq.,ChiefDepartmentCounsel T+&5  FORAPPLICANT  -T(7  Prose #XpX%&# -,)8 Ї    TheDepartmentofDefense(DoD)declinedtograntApplicantasecurityclearance.On  December4,2015,DoDissuedastatementofreasons(_SOR_)advisingApplicantofthebasisforthat  decision!securityconcernsraisedunderGuidelineF(FinancialConsiderations)ofDepartmentof t DefenseDirective5220.6(Jan.2,1992,asamended)(Directive).Applicantrequestedadecision ` onthewrittenrecord.OnNovember4,2016,afterconsideringtherecord,DefenseOfficeof L  HearingsandAppeals(DOHA)AdministrativeJudgeMartinH.MoguldeniedApplicantsrequest 8  forasecurityclearance.ApplicantappealedpursuanttoDirectiveE3.1.28andE3.1.30. $ t   Applicantraisedthefollowingissueonappeal:whethertheJudgeweighedtheevidencein  L  amannerthatwasarbitrary,capricious,orcontrarytolaw.Consistentwiththefollowing,weaffirm.  8    TheJudgesFindingsofFact      Applicants_SOR_Ԁlistsfivedelinquentdebts.One,forover$23,000,isowedtothe   DepartmentofEducation.Applicantsignedarehabilitationagreementpromisingtomakenine p monthlypaymentsof$212.Applicantprovidedadocumentshowingthreepaymentsof$50. \ Applicantsevidencedoesnotsupporthiscontentionthathehasbeguntheprocessofresolvingthis H debt.Otherdebtsconsistofa$13,000collectionaccount,twochargedoffaccountsofabout$5,000 4 each,anda$116medicaldebt.Applicantdeniedowingthesedebts,exceptforthemedicalone,  p whichhedidnotaddressinhisResponsetothe_SOR_.Hesentdisputeformstothecreditorholding  \ thetwochargeoffaccounts,althoughhiscreditreportsestablishthatheowesthem. H   TheJudgesAnalysis      TheJudgeconcludedthatnoneofthemitigatingconditionswereentitledtofullapplication.  HestatedthatApplicanthadpresentednoevidencetoshowthathehadinitiatedgoodfaithefforts  toresolvehisdebts,norhadheshownthathisfinancialsituationisstable.    Discussion  X      Applicantsbriefincludesdocumentsthatpost_Ԅdate_ԀtheJudgesdecision.Wecannot 0"  considernewevidenceonappeal.DirectiveE3.1.29.Applicantreiteratessomeoftheinformation #l! thathehadprovidedearlier,asinhisResponsetothe_SOR_,inwhichheclaimsthatheisresolving $X" hislargedebtanddeniesowingtheothers.TheJudgediscussedinformationthatApplicant $D # submittedduringthecourseofhisclearanceadjudication.Applicantsbriefisnotsufficienttoshow %0!$ thattheJudgeweighedtheevidenceinamannerthatwasarbitrary,capricious,orcontrarytolaw. &"%   TheJudgeexaminedtherelevantevidenceandarticulatedasatisfactoryexplanationforthe (#' decision.Thedecisionissustainableonthisrecord. Thegeneralstandardisthataclearancemay )$( begrantedonlywhenclearlyconsistentwiththeinterestsofthenationalsecurity.Department |*%)  oftheNavyv.Egan,484U.S.518,528(1988).SeealsoDirective,Enclosure22(b): Anydoubt h+&* concerningpersonnelbeingconsideredforaccesstoclassifiedinformationwillberesolvedinfavor  ofthenationalsecurity.    @( Order     TheDecisionis AFFIRMED .     `     h   Signed:Michael_Raanan_Ԁ <     `     h   Michael_Raanan_ ( x    `     h   AdministrativeJudge  d    `     h   Chairperson,AppealBoard  P     `     h   Signed:JamesE.Moody      `     h   JamesE.Moody      `     h   AdministrativeJudge      `     h   Member,AppealBoard t    `     h   Signed:JamesF.Duffy $t    `     h   JamesF.Duffy `    `     h   AdministrativeJudge L    `     h   Member,Appeal_Board___