Can You Lose Your Security Clearance Over Foreign Contacts or Marriage to a Foreign National?
At Military Defender, we regularly represent service members, federal employees, and defense contractors who are concerned that foreign contacts — or even marriage to a foreign national — may jeopardize their security clearance. These fears are understandable. Security clearance adjudications closely examine foreign relationships under the “foreign influence” guidelines. However, the existence of foreign contacts alone does not automatically result…