Guilty By Association: How People You Know Can Affect Your Clearance

The security clearance application asks for a lot of information - and requires security clearance holders to name names. And those names can cause a lot of anxiety if you have shady relatives, neighbors, and friends. When do security clearance holders need to worry about their associations - and when are they okay? It's worth noting that the form asks for references, relatives, and individuals to verify information about the applicant - not to catch your criminal relatives or make you feel bad about your origins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.