{"data":{"id":"us/32-cfr-147.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"32 CFR 147.12","heading":"Guideline J—Criminal conduct.","body":"(a) The concern. A history or pattern of criminal activity creates doubt about a person's judgment, reliability and trustworthiness.\n(b) Conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include: (1) Allegations or admissions of criminal conduct, regardless of whether the person was formally charged;\n(2) A single serious crime or multiple lesser offenses.\n(c) Conditions that could mitigate security concerns include: (1) The criminal behavior was not recent;\n(2) The crime was an isolated incident;\n(3) The person was pressured or coerced into committing the act and those pressures are no longer present in that person's life;\n(4) The person did not voluntarily commit the act and/or the factors leading to the violation are not likely to recur;\n(5) Acquittal;\n(6) There is clear evidence of successful rehabilitation.","path":["Title 32—National Defense","Subtitle A—Department of Defense","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE","SUBCHAPTER D—PERSONNEL, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN","PART 147—ADJUDICATIVE GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION","Subpart A—Adjudication"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-32.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:30Z","sha256":"9f1cfc9bc872e76a574c66ef80e23cdb7832f6e025730534baedda3d9a310495","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/32-cfr-147.11","next":"us/32-cfr-147.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}