top secret clearance?

Question

so me and my husband are going through what looks like is going to be a very nasty divorce. Last night i had to stay in a hotel and he in turned locked me out of the house. i don't have a key because we always use the garage but he cut off the power. So anyways i'm figuring out how to get at least some of my things but he told me since i am hurting him this bad he will tell the investigators that i smoked crack and all this stuff just so i won't get my TS. I am currently under investigation, they just started it. can he really tell them stuff like this and have it prevent me from getting my clearance? I never have done anything in my life and i put that on my application that i am and always have been clean. he is just trying to find a way to "get even" i guess. I don't know who i should tell that he will probably interfere with the investigation or if his word vs. mine is enough to prevent me from receiving a clearance. please let me know if anyone has any information on this, thank u

I'm active duty air force stationed in missouri

Answer 1

It is illegal in most sates to hold personal items. We just went through this last week with a neighbor. She called the police and they came up and stood in the house while she got her stuff. Call you local or state police. They will do a drug test on you if he says you are using anything.

Answer 2

It really depends on a lot of things. They may only call if it is geographically isolated or in a region of the US that does not have a lot of DIS (Defense Investigative Services) people or feds, the time of year, the weather, and if it is a TS or secret clearance investigation. They usually are pretty good about things and sometimes it is actually the FBI that will come out depending on the type of TS clearance it is. They will go to homes and businesses and in the questionnaire you go back ten years for everything if it is an initial clearance. That includes places you lived, worked and went to school at for the past ten years including addresses and phone numbers as well as supervisors for employment. They normally don't talk to co-workers per say but instead to supervisors who would have knowledge of you and work habits while employed there. They sometimes visit homes of people that you list that knew you at each of the places you lived and also the ones you use for character references. You will need three of those and they can not be relatives. Actually each military service has had to identify what AFSC or MOS requires a clearance now. That took affect back in 2000 but it is not posted on the public web although your recruiter can bring it up on the .mil system in his office oh his computer and print out a copy for you. This also is by AFSC and MOS only and does not pertain to special duty or special assignments that might otherwise require a higher clearance than otherwise specified. An example of this would be an administrative specialist assigned to a Navy Seal unit who oversees all the administrative processes and paperwork. A position like that would carry a TS clearance requirement with it.

Answer 3

Let your security manager know the circumstances of your situation. A derogatory comment from an ex-spouse that is not backed up with additional evidence won't weigh very heavily on your BI.

BTW, if the papwerwork was just submitted for your clearance, it may be well over a year before anyone is contacted. A lot can change in that time.

Your clearance could also be based on an SSBI, in which case there probably won't be any interviews at all aside from a fairly comprehensive (and invasive) interview with an OSI agent.

Even if he (your ex) does make derogatory remarks of that nature you'll have an opportunity to refute them at the formal interview with the OSI. (A major that I worked with had told the OSI that my sexual preference was questionable after I took part in a comic skit in drag with my boss -- a Colonel. I was being interviewed for an SCI. The complaint went nowhere and I got my clearance.)

Answer 4

Anyone who takes the word of a vengeful ex would be a fool, a drug test would resolve the issue, simply tell them they can test you every week if there is a concern, get a good divorce lawyer, and make sure you tell them about the control and mental abuse (and other?) he has done to you. This threat of his is blackmail/extortion with the intent of ruining your carrer and future income potential, it's illegal. Pursue it. Do NOT feel any GUILT, do NOT allow him to manipulate you any further. It's your stuff and he has no right to prevent you from claiming it, see a lawyer and the local DA and if possible advocates or shleters for battered women, etc. who can help you obtain justice. How much you let other people push you around will have more effect on your getting clearance than anything your husband claims.

Answer 5

Please see my answer under another question you have out there....You need to talk to someone! Do Not Let this get out of hand.....both of your careers will pay the price....

But for comfort sake, the investigators are trained to "see" answers that are not accurate. If what he says is inconsistent with what the other people they interview say, this will only indicate that you two are having some marital problems....that can hurt you...but I wouldn't bet on it, especially if you really are going through a divorce. They take all these things under consideration and the AF looks at the entire investigation before it is adjudicated. Please relax, right now you are very very upset.

Answer 6

Calm down. As long as you didn't lie on your application you'll be fine. If he tells the investigators you did something wrong, they'll ask how he knows and he'll likely end up being investigated himself and could face criminal charges if they find he lied.

If you go to the local police for where you were living, either military or civilian, they should be able to help you get at least your personal belongings back.

If you go to your first sergeant he/she should be able to find you an emergency place on base to stay for at least a month or so.

Answer 7

no one beleives a ex, esp in the middle of a divorce.

You go to YOUR home when he is not there, knock out a small window by a door or a window and get into YOUR home.

Then you can change the locks if you want and lock him out,

But you need to file for divorce and you need to report this to the people doing the investigation as soon as possible, so they are aware of it.

Next a top secret clearance is not that high ( really its not compared to the higher levels) so having a ex lie with no proof will have no effect.

Answer 8

In my state, if you're married it's community property and you both have equal rights to it. He can lock you out, but you can legally force entry into your own home and get what you want. Talk to an attorney and check on local laws before you do anything radical.

I used to do investigations, including background investigations, in the Air Force. The investigation is evaluated based on the whole person concept. If everything else checks out, they will see it for what it is. Check in with whoever is doing the background and let them know what's going on.

Answer 9

You only have to worry if he tells them something that is true. The background investigators will more than likely be able to tell that he is a vengeful soon to be ex-husband. You are not the first person who has been in this situation and won't be the last.

Answer 10

I am sorry to hear this... Your best bet is to bring this up to your SSO (Security Officer). They will still interview your husband, but just for formality purposes, I am sure. If he does tell them the things he says he is going to say, the he is obstructing a government investigation, and that is against the law. Also that is Slander, and you can seek a lawyers help with that also..