Here is my story of survival. I applied for a period review for a top secret security clearance back in Oct 2004. I was completely trueful in filling out my security questionaire. Finally after a couple of years, I got a response that my clearance was going to be revoked. This was due to debts that had occurred back in 2000-2002. My wife had lost her job and we had some high medical expenses from my nearly losing my leg to a staph infection. We surrendered our only car back to the bank to free up costs with paying for a vehicle until we got caught up. We had been paying down those expenses over the years. In 2008 I had my final board appeal and review. In the meantime I could not do my job. Just sat around miserable while someone in D.C. that has never met me determines my fate. After several more months of not knowing I took an offer for a new job that was 5 hours away and took a $12,000 pay loss. Drained my retirement paying for a move and getting into a rental property. Finally after 6 months I called the persons that had my life in limbo. I found out then that my final appeal had failed. Lots of questions still plagued my mind. What did I do so wrong to cost me a career, a home and displacing my family? I hate to say that I went from $7500 in debt to close to a $100,000. We could not afford the rental and the mortgage with making $800 less a month. We had just bought the house in 2007 when my then security manager read my first appeal and stated that I had nothing to worry about. Shows what he knew.... We have listed the house on the market and spent $600 trying to rent it out. In frustration we let it go back to the bank.

What kind of justice is this? Is the world any safer with me out of that IT position that never required me to handle TS material? Was this all a way for the government to downsize with out giving me a plug nickel?

I never filled for bankruptcy. I guess in hindsite I should have.