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I think we're talking past each other. I appreciate you taking the time to source citations to the chapter and verse regulations. This isn't the right setting

I think we're talking past each other. I appreciate you taking the time to source citations to the chapter and verse regulations. This isn't the right setting to discuss the details of individuals' past clearance adjudication processes but at a high level I can tell you that curating and trading a massive library of illegally downloaded music over a period of multiple years was sufficient to get two separate SAP clearances denied. Without getting hung up on the technical details, would you agree that the national security community is far too puritanical in how it evaluates details of one's past personal life? Merry Christmas.

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SAPs are not a clearance, and that changes things. :). The rules for specific SAPs are highly varied, so who knows. The original posit was that it won't stop you from proceeding with a polygraph. But sure. And I mean, no, I wouldn't. I think standards have gotten way too relaxed as they've pushed to over classify a ton of shit that wouldn't have been so crazily classified 40 years ago. When you relax standards, as has been done over the past few years, you end up with Reality Winner, Edward Snowden, Harold Martin, etc.