Security Operations Management Practicum Assignment

Security Operations Management Practicum - Assignment Example If I was an adjudicator and considering the investigative report done by the Special Agent, FBI, on   Smith Ronald James Smith DPOB: 2/5/1976, I would not have granted her the security clearance request. According to the investigative report gathered, the credit agencies had no unfavourable financial information on Smith. He was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1976, on his security form it; he indicated that he had been arrested in high school over alleged smoking of marijuana. According to guideline regarding drug involvement, drug abuse is a condition that can raise a security concern and thus disqualifies an individual from been granted security clearance. By definition, drug abuse is the illegal use a drug in a manner that deviates from the correctly approved medical direction. Accordion to the Controlled Substance Act of 1970, Marijuana or Cannabis is classified as an illegal drug (Herbig 12). Further, a review of State Department travel records indicated that Smith had travelled outside the country on four different occasions. However, the date he indicated on his security form regarding his tour to Moscow did not match with the date on indicated in the State Department travel record. As if that was not enough, on his security form, he failed to indicate his tour to Rome, Italy. In the travel state department, it is clearly indicated that he travelled to he travelled to Rome, Italy on September 15, 1988, and returned on October 15, 1988. According to the Guideline E, personal conduct, dishonesty and questionable judgment is a concern that can result in unfavourable action for clearance eligibility (Herbig 12). However, Smith could have mitigated the security concerns if in good faith efforts he corrected the falsification of the dates before he was confronted with the facts. Other the other hand, if I was an adjudicator and considering the investigative report done by the Special Agent, FBI, on Susan Julia Kidwell, DPOB: 7/5/1986, I would have granted her the security clearance request. The aggravating factor that I would consider first is that Kidwell profoundly admitted that she owed the credit card debt and after discovering this, she filed for bankruptcy.  Ã‚