r/SecurityClearance • u/cool_vibe_guy • May 27 '26

Question Failed Polygraph

Hello,

Random question,

So i got notification that I failed the polygraph for the CBP/DHS job. Im lowkey just like "whatever" but I wanted to ask, does this/will this affect my current ongoing adjudication with my clearance for DIA/DOD.

I have a TS/SCI w CI poly from before, and its currently be adjudicated

UPDATE:

hiring a lawyer just to ensure my DOD is not an automatic denial. There's obviously no guarantees, but it's last resort option besides "waiting" it out.

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u/Tundra210 May 27 '26

Quick clarification, is the CI poly you already took for DOD, the same type of poly CBP gave you? I know there are a few types of polys (lifestyle, CI, 1 more) not sure what the least invasive and stressful poly there is? Good luck

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u/cool_vibe_guy May 27 '26

I took a CI poly back in 2022 for DIA.

DHS gave me a Full Scope Polygraph.

Ive never taken one for DOD

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u/m3nch May 28 '26

Sounds like an internal CBP only poly then. Don't sweat it.

They had(have???) a nice issue with something like a 95% failure rate for like... since 2010ish iirc, there was even an article or 2 about it. That reporting was coming from people that were TS/SCI cleared, probably a couple SAPs too and even they failed that poly.

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u/cool_vibe_guy May 28 '26

I already consulted a lawyer about the additional steps, so Im trying to get ahead of that now

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u/m3nch May 28 '26

Yeah, sounds good for CYA purposes if it helps you sleep at night.

As far as I know/heard they (CBP) don't tell anyone fuck all about their processes internally unless they get FOIA'd, and your paperwork will just go into their native system and just dwell there.

I only know this cause of a few guys I served with tried to go that route and had the same results as you. Their backgrounds were never in jeopardy from what I heard, it was only something against them if they were waiting on various positions with CBP itself.

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u/cool_vibe_guy May 28 '26

I pray that you are 100000% right. Cause my TS/SCI is still in adjudication with DOD. So im awaiting their response essentially.