WPCk  *U6P[S&c Cf hךII =2K98k L-O+'+$Twkbv`VwF,Ik}9Ӭ}ߒ ?쐂!ǕŚ,2+7z6,O9 mOgQ8ɻ Hݎu<~P *x[L,x[:F0M<ֲ+طUBvI@E~2?Bngnġ_e=9ЙLDd5O X+*hA (@ST]4 "dZKh@RN%0G}أk.1Wx"KV~ң&{p/ 06z R¤" 8У5ʞ%ESPHADwV /`ƘԉW_͵.Fj2XNtYP2F9Jt*Iբxة,Wcݺ?u4d`#@UN %W 0:] ^ w 4   m Z E= Z? 0~ 0D [ NL L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L BN Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet P3010 Series0(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX($USUS.,J;EJx3|xU8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUE8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUE(.(3($ !USUS.,      0  (#$  0   ($USUS.,    1    _XXApplicantalsoreceivedacopyoftheDirectivealongwiththe_SOR_. d !USUS.,  _KEYWORD:GuidelineH  DIGEST:Onthisrecord,Applicantwasnotdeniedadequatenoticeofhisrightstosubmit  mitigatingevidenceundertheDirective.Adversedecisionaffirmed. t _CASENO_:1507110.a1 L  DATE:06/09/2017 $ t __8XXdd8   `     h      p DATE:June9,2017  L  .؉7r(#(#.A_ ) xdEgA   InRe:     _Ԅ_     ApplicantforSecurityClearance C A_ ) xdEgA k  *z )   )   )   ) p ) \ ) H ) 4 )  p   \ pX p _ISCR_ԀCaseNo.1507110 p"  \# .؉7r. \XXp R#    APPEALBOARDDECISION & APPEARANCES )  &%XX FORGOVERNMENT  b!+ JamesB.Norman,Esq.,ChiefDepartmentCounsel :",  FORAPPLICANT  #:.  Prose #XX%&C# $ /     @*  TheDepartmentofDefense(DoD)declinedtograntApplicantasecurityclearance.OnMay H)$4 6,2016,DoDissuedastatementofreasons(_SOR_)advisingApplicantofthebasisforthat 4*%5 decision"securityconcernsraisedunderGuidelineH(DrugInvolvement)ofDepartmentofDefense  +p&6 Directive5220.6(Jan.2,1992,asamended)(Directive).Applicantrequestedadecisiononthe  ,\'7 writtenrecord.OnMarch20,2017,afterconsideringtherecord,DefenseOfficeofHearingsand  Appeals(DOHA)AdministrativeJudgeEricH._Borgstrom_ԀdeniedApplicantsrequestforasecurity  clearance.ApplicantappealedpursuanttotheDirectiveE3.1.28andE3.1.30.  _  Onappeal,Applicantarguesthathewasdenieddueprocessbecausehe wasnotgiventhe t opportunitytosubmitastatementofintentnottoabusedrugsinthefuture.Applicantsargument ` lacksmerit. L    TherecordshowsthatDepartmentCounseladvisedApplicantthathehad30daysfrom $ t receiptofthegovernmentsFileofRelevantMaterial(FORM)tosubmitdocuments settingforth  ` objections,rebuttal,extenuation,mitigation,orexplanation,asappropriate.Applicantscopyof  L  theFORMwasaccompaniedbyaDOHAcoverletter,whichadvisedApplicantofhisrighttosubmit  8  objections oranyadditionalinformationyouwishtobeconsidered.DOHALetter,datedJune20, $  2016.TheDOHAofficialenclosedacopyoftheDirective,whichexplainsanapplicantsrightsin   detail,andheadvisedApplicanthowhecouldaccesstheDirectiveonline.TheenclosedDirective   informedApplicantthatastatementofintentnottoabusedrugsinthefuturewasevidencethata   Judgecouldconsiderinevaluatinganapplicantscaseinmitigation.SeeDirective,Enclosure2,   26(b). #  1      ׀ApplicantrespondedtotheFORMbyprovidingtwodocumentaryexhibits,whichwere p forwardedbyDepartmentCounseltotheJudgewithoutobjection.Applicantwasnotdenied \ adequatenoticeofhisrightstosubmitmitigatingevidenceundertheDirective.See,e.g.,_ISCR_ԀCase H No.1500092at2(App.Bd.Apr.8,2016). 4   TheJudgeexaminedtherelevantdataandarticulatedasatisfactoryexplanationforthe  \ decision.Itisanapplicantsjobtopresentevidencesufficienttomitigatetheconcernsraisedinhis H orhercase,andtheapplicantbearstheultimateburdenofpersuasionthatheorsheshouldbe 4 grantedaclearance.DirectiveE3.1.15.TheJudgesconclusionthatApplicanthadnotmethis   burdenofpersuasionissustainableonthisrecord. Thegeneralstandardisthataclearancemaybe   grantedonlywhenclearlyconsistentwiththeinterestsofthenationalsecurity.Departmentofthe  Navyv.Egan,484U.S.518,528(1988).SeealsoDirective,Enclosure22(b): Anydoubt  concerningpersonnelbeingconsideredforaccesstoclassifiedinformationwillberesolvedinfavor  ofthenationalsecurity. l  )$( Ї@( Order       ThedecisionisAFFIRMED. `    `     h   Signed:JamesE.Moody  L     `     h   JamesE.Moody     x    8     `     h   AdministrativeJudge $     `     h   Member,AppealBoard      `     h   Signed:JamesF.Duffy \    `     h   JamesF.Duffy H    `     h   AdministrativeJudge 4    `     h   Member,AppealBoard  p    `     h   Signed:WilliamS.Fields____      `     h   WilliamS.Fields     `     h   AdministrativeJudge     `     h   Member,Appeal_Board___