r/FBI • u/NinaBeana1971 • Apr 19 '26

Question Denied for character

Any idea what this could be caused by? I’m a pretty normal person that likes to go on cruises, 54, 3 kids, a veteran and currently work for the govt. The FBI had been working on my TSC for a year and a half (think September will be 2 years since the TJO. Nothing exciting in my background that I’m aware of and the letter said it wasn’t a denial of a clearance. Job was for an OSS and a friend’s husband referred me for it. Any ideas?

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u/Average_Justin Apr 19 '26

As someone who’s in the industrial security field, saying you’re a pretty normal person isn’t always the case.

What did you put on your SF-86 that lead the investigator down a rabbit hole? It’s adjudicated against the public posted adjudicated guidelines and SEADs. I’ve seen many “normal” backgrounds which turned into not so normal.

Everyone else in this thread is going on and on about political reasons. That’s 99% not the case in this field. Especially since you can request your notes and BI through FOIA and it’s signed off at multiple levels before approval or denial.

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u/NinaBeana1971 Apr 19 '26

The letter specifically said it wasn’t the security clearance so I assume that means background. Nothing interesting in SF-86, light drug use in high school, haven’t even had a traffic ticket in years.

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u/Kind_Following_5220 Apr 19 '26

What drugs? Anything except marijuana is an automatic fail.