The woman is suspected to be the cousin of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
top-secret security clearance this year due to being a "close" relative of an authoritarian dictator of an unnamed country, according to a publicly available document from the Defence Department's Office of Hearings and Appeals.
She and her family moved to the US in the 1990s when she was young and became US citizens; they are not in contact with any of their family still living in the country in question – referred to only as "Country X" in the document. "She credibly testified that her connections to Country X and its dictator could not be used to coerce or intimidate her into revealing classified information."
Currently, the four countries listed by the US as sponsors of state terrorism are Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Syria. "Applicant submitted letters attesting to her excellent job performance and strong moral character. She is praised for her trustworthiness, professionalism, reliability, and discretion in the handling of national security information. She is recommended for a security clearance … She is a good person who happens to be related to an extremely bad and dangerous person, a dictator of a country that is hostile to the United States," Loughran wrote.
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