WPC(  Q&G .Ep޲}X;,Z c 8JnkŒ]ۊ+E3_4I~YGܝE 4D GTJ$t!^ʼn =?Tq֎\s0GU 7{Kwe;fu,M 2LFkص=;HgYolalȉ5Va2v8b.1AiVKd:J1I;r6]Ϛ/yo-֏>wkCxյ7Z@3 rN'>0Dм=>{ڤ}CHk{@[ tCg:j9_z^O@Տ_5, yyTUlonLn"DH"+@尃49o} >8H=ߛSpdxeiZ#UN % 0: ZC ^ w 4   m Z NC C C NE EG 0~I 0D B Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet P3010 Series0(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX($USUS.,8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUEqJ;EJ:i+003|xU8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUE(.(3($ !USUS.,      0  (#$  0   d !USUS.,  _KEYWORD:GuidelineF;GuidelineB  DIGEST:Applicantsnarrativestatementandcreditreportconstitutenewevidencethatthe  AppealBoardcanneitherreceivenorconsider.ApplicanthasfailedtoassertthattheJudge t committedanyharmfulerrorinhisanalysisoftherecordevidence.Adversedecisionaffirmed. ` _CASENO_:1506811.a1 8  DATE:06/23/2017  ` ________________________   `     h      p DATE:June23,2017  8  .؉7r(#(#.AY) xdEgA   InRe:        W ApplicantforSecurityClearance / AY) xdEgA W )   )   ) p ) \ ) H ) 4 )  p )  \  H pX p _ISCR_ԀCaseNo.1506811 \"  H# .؉7r. \XXp  #    APPEALBOARDDECISION  $ APPEARANCES '  &%XX FORGOVERNMENT  X ) JamesB.Norman,Esq.,ChiefDepartmentCounsel 0!*  FORAPPLICANT  "0, JeremyA.Robinson,Esq.#XxX%&# #-     TheDepartmentofDefense(DoD)declinedtograntApplicantasecurityclearance.OnApril h&!0 20,2016,DoDissuedastatementofreasons(_SOR_)advisingApplicantofthebasisforthat T'"1 decision!securityconcernsraisedunderGuidelineF(FinancialConsiderations)andGuidelineB @(#2 (ForeignInfluence)ofDepartmentofDefenseDirective5220.6(Jan.2,1992,asamended) ,)|$3 (Directive).Applicantrequestedahearing.OnMarch17,2017,afterthehearing,DefenseOffice *h%4 ofHearingsandAppeals(DOHA)AdministrativeJudgeMatthewE.MalonedeniedApplicants +T&5 requestforasecurityclearance.ApplicantappealedpursuanttoDirectiveE3.1.28andE3.1.30. +@'6   TheJudgefoundinfavorofApplicantontheGuidelineBallegationandonthreeofthefive -)8 delinquentdebtsallegedunderGuidelineF.Noissuesregardingthosefavorablefindingshavebeen  raisedonappeal.      TheJudgefoundagainstApplicantonachargedoffaccountofabout$25,000andastatetax ` lienofabout$575.Applicantadmittedbothofthoseallegationsinrespondingtothe_SOR_.Inthe L  appealbrief,Applicantcontendsthattheamountofthelargerdebtisinerror.Insupportofthat 8  argument,hepresentsanarrativestatementandcreditreportthatwerenotpreviouslypresentedto $ t theJudge.ThisnarrativestatementandcreditreportconstitutenewevidencethattheAppealBoard  ` canneitherreceivenorconsider.DirectiveE3.1.29.ApplicanthasfailedtoassertthattheJudge  L  committedanyharmfulerrorinhisanalysisoftherecordevidence.  8      TheJudgeexaminedtherelevantevidenceandarticulatedasatisfactoryexplanationforthe   decision.Thedecisionissustainableonthisrecord. Thegeneralstandardisthataclearancemay   begrantedonlywhenclearlyconsistentwiththeinterestsofthenationalsecurity.Department   oftheNavyv.Egan,484U.S.518,528(1988).SeealsoDirective,Enclosure22(b): Anydoubt   concerningpersonnelbeingconsideredforaccesstoclassifiedinformationwillberesolvedinfavor p ofthenationalsecurity. \    Order  4 p  TheDecisionis AFFIRMED .  \    `     h      `     h   Signed:Michael_Raanan_Ԁ     `     h   MichaelRaanan     `     h   AdministrativeJudge     `     h   Chairperson,AppealBoard  @*   `     h        `     h   Signed:JamesE.Moody H!    `     h   JamesE.Moody 4"     `     h   AdministrativeJudge  #p!    `     h   Member,AppealBoard  $\"    `     h   Signed:JamesF.Duffy & "%    `     h   JamesF.Duffy ' #&    `     h   AdministrativeJudge (#'    `     h   Member,AppealBoard