# Child Pornography Charges lead to Two Clearance Denials

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/child-pornography-charges-lead-to-two-clearance-denials/8295>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE NEWS\
**Created:** [September 9, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/child-pornography-charges-lead-to-two-clearance-denials/8295 "2019-09-09T21:39:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/child-pornography-charges-lead-to-two-clearance-denials/8295/1 "2019-09-09T21:39:14Z")

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Originally published at: [https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/child-pornography-charges-lead-to-two-clearance-denials/](https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/child-pornography-charges-lead-to-two-clearance-denials/)  
   
Two recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) cases involved security clearance applicants who had been charged with viewing child pornography, which is a felony offense. Both applicants were denied eligibility for a clearance and on appeal, argued the websites and pictures they had viewed were not considered child&nbsp;pornography&nbsp;even though the law enforcement agencies…

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**Author:** ![chas1133](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@chas1133](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/chas1133)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/child-pornography-charges-lead-to-two-clearance-denials/8295/2 "2019-09-10T02:44:57Z")

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At least these knuckleheads got denied! Never ceases to amaze me who applies for a clearance…smh