Jamil v. Secretary, Department of Defense

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge:

The Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) hired the appellant, Basharat Jamil, as a GS-11 mathematician in 1978. He obtained a “secret” security clearance shortly thereafter. In 1980 and 1983, his supervisors *1205requested an increase in the level of his security clearance, but those requests were denied because Jamil, who is Asian-American, had relatives living abroad and was in default in connection with at least one student loan. During his employment, Jamil became an open critic of the Technical Director and argued that the DMA was wasting millions of dollars of…