KEYWORD: Guideline F
DIGEST: Applicant has not asserted harmful error by the Judge.  Adverse decision affirmed.
CASENO: 11-14775.a1
DATE: 02/14/2014
DATE: February 14, 2014
In Re:
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Applicant for Security Clearance
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ISCR Case No. 11-14775
APPEAL BOARD SUMMARY DISPOSITION
APPEARANCES
FOR GOVERNMENT
James B. Norman, Esq., Chief Department Counsel
FOR APPLICANT
Pro se
The Department of Defense (DoD) declined to grant Applicant a security clearance.  On May
8, 2013, DoD issued a statement of reasons (SOR) advising Applicant of the basis for that
decision–security concerns raised under Guideline F (Financial Considerations) of Department of
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Defense Directive 5220.6 (Jan. 2, 1992, as amended) (Directive).  Applicant requested a hearing.
On December 9, 2013, after the hearing, Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA)
Administrative Judge John Grattan Metz, Jr., denied Applicant’s request for a security clearance.
Applicant appealed pursuant to Directive ¶¶ E3.1.28 and E3.1.30.
Applicant’s appeal brief contains no assertion of harmful error by the Judge.  Our authority
to review cases is limited to those in which the appealing party has raised an issue of harmful error.
Directive ¶ E3.1.32.  See also ISCR Case No. 10-02819 (App. Bd. Feb. 4, 2013).  Accordingly, the
decision of the Judge is AFFIRMED. 
Signed: Michael Y. Ra’anan         
Michael Y. Ra’anan
Administrative Judge
Chairperson, Appeal Board
Signed: Jeffrey D, Billett                
Jeffrey D. Billett
Administrative Judge
Member, Appeal Board
Signed: James E. Moody                   
James E. Moody
Administrative Judge
Member, Appeal Board