2006-12-07 07:20:34 · 8 answers · asked by bowlingcap 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Well, there's degrees. I mean, most people hold some type of debt, so if debt in and of itself disqualified you from getting a security clearance, nobody would have them.
That said, if someone has excessive, unmanageable debt, it may be hard to get a security clearance, since the information they can access may have commercial value.
2006-12-07 07:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by Teekno 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the type of debt. I you have credit cards, mortgages, or car loans, and you are constistently and responsibly making payments, then you can still get a security clearance. The problem comes if you have a lot of unpaid debt that's just piled up and your not making payments on it. Not only does this make you a security risk, but it also displays that your not very responsible so why would they want to give you access to confidential material?
2006-12-08 10:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by boo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No The government conducts rather thorough background checks on anyone that tries to get a Security clearance the higher the clearance the longer it takes. While indebtedness would be a mark against you it in and of itself would not preclude a clearance from being issued.
2006-12-07 08:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by JimE 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Define debt. If you have reasonable payments for a car or a house then no.
If you have racked up a mountain of credit card debt then that might be a bad sign.
Also, if you have bad credit from a history of unpaid debt then that is a worse sign.
The idea is that a person with poor finances is susceptible to corruption or even blackmail.
Here is a possible scenario. You need money to pay the credit card people, but your pay is not enough, but you know someone who will pay you for the data that you have. It is not much data and is kind of old and no one will know that you sold it. Who could it hurt? That is how some people get sucked into a situation where they are feeding information to someone who should not have it.
2006-12-07 07:26:44 · answer #4 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have regular car payment and credit cards, but one debt in particular was a repayment to an insurance company for a car wreck my husband was at fault for. He kept not getting his clearance and the deadline was approaching, but the day after the last check cleared the bank, he got his clearance. It happened that way because it was a judgement against him (we wanted to fight it because the lady beefed up the charges for fixing her truck with no proof besides receipts-for new fog lights - he hit her from behind!) but he had to leave for basic, so we just set up a payment plan and they let him go to basic.
2006-12-07 11:01:50 · answer #5 · answered by chickpea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people have debt. Car loans, home loans, credit cards, etc.
If you have overwhelming debt, you may be looked at twice in a security clearance screening.
2006-12-07 07:28:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no you can have some debts. They check everything out so be honest at the start
2006-12-07 11:46:39 · answer #7 · answered by buddy95 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True...you are more likely to be bribed or sell secrets!
2006-12-07 07:22:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋