Love and Security Clearances: Implications of Dating to Divorce
From casual dates to messy divorces, your personal life can pose significant risks to your security clearance. Anthony Kuhn, Managing Partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC, shares expert insights on navigating these challenges in our special episode on love and security clearances.
“Those foreign contacts, those family members, those people that you were going to visit--that you probably should have self-reported already--if you haven't yet, guess what? Now, they're family members, so you definitely have a close or continuing relationship with those family members, if you're seeing them, if you're visiting them, things of that nature. So you just kind of move up the line and the spotlight gets a little brighter and they're gonna start looking into some of those relationships that you might form and the responsibilities that might come with being married.”
Chapters
1:22 Dating and Security Clearance Issues
2:56 Long-Term Relationships and Potential Guideline Violations
5:37 Moving Up the Ladder to Marriage
8:25 Extra Considerations If You and Your Spouse are Both Cleared
11:36 Divorce and Its Impact on Your Security Clearance
Takeaways
- Your love life can impact your security clearance.
- Finances, foreign contacts, and drug use tied to your relationships can cause security concerns.
- The spotlight gets brighter when you get married.
- Self-reporting is crucial for maintaining your security clearance.
- Cohabitation with a separated spouse can still impact your clearance.
- A well-written self-report can mitigate concerns.