I have a similar situation. If I made confessions, what should I go about doing? I was thinking of going in the military, will these confessions show up and limit my ability to not receive a clearance? I never got denied a clearance technically.

This website you link, are these cases where people appealed to try and overturn their clearance decisions?

Will anyone take me with this on my record?

Thanks for the link to case readings.  They lead me to believe that the admissions are 'minor enough' that they could be mitigated by time/demonstrated resolution not to repeat.  Though I gather that I would probably lose any appeal I filed now.

I suppose my question, more succinctly, is: can I, after some elapsed period of time, successfully apply for an NSA TS SCI clearance through the normal process after having been denied and leaving the denial unappealed?  Or does a one-time NSA SCI denial mean a lifetime NSA SCI denial unless appealed in front of an administrative judge?

I presume any gov't contractor requiring a clearance can ask me 'have you ever been denied a security clearance?', which would certainly pose a problem even getting to the stage where I'd be eligible to apply -- but it would be nice to know whether there is a chance in the future without specifically appealing this denial.

Thanks again.

Certainly, any admissions you made could pose a hurdle to the future granting of a security clearance. But 1) not being an expert on security clearance determinations and 2) not knowing what admission(s) you made, I can't begin to estimate how high that hurdle might be. You might want to peruse the case histories posted on the website of the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals and look for any cases that might be analogous to your own to see how they were handled:

http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/doha/claims/civilian/

Edited:

Bit of info: it was never made fully clear to me specifically what agency my clearance would be coming from (and from reading around a bit here, it sounds like it matters).  My denial letter came on NSA letterhead, if that tells you anything.

I have never held a security clearance; other similar threads on this topic seemed to involve people who already had a clearance being denied a higher level, so I figured I would start a new thread.

My previous job requested a full-scope SCI TS investigation, which I underwent.   I was honest and tried to be as forthcoming as possible.  I was recently denied SCI clearance on suitability / "whole-person" grounds based on admissions made during the lifestyle section of my polygraph interview.  I was told that I "passed" the CI portion of the exam.  

I found employment in a non-cleared position before even finding out the results of my clearance process, so I am not affected in the near-term.  I wasn't really planning on appealing the decision.

However, I am concerned about my future prospects with positions requring an SCI clearance / high-level clearance in general.  Based on this denial, am I ineligible (and/or will it be vastly more difficult) to get a job / clearance with an "easier" clearance from the same agency?  For instance, if I wanted to get a TS SCI clearance only requiring a CI polygraph (which, had I applied for to begin with, I'm pretty confident I would have been granted), would the admissions in my lifestyle investigation harm my chances?

Also, the literature I've seen mentions things being 'a long time ago' as a mitigating factor.  If, say, a decade were to pass and I wanted to go again for a similar clearance and hadn't had any new "issues" in the meantime, could that potentially mitigate the issues and allow me to be re-investigated/re-considered?  Or does my denial constitute a lifetime denial of SCI access?

Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks...