An unnamed woman was denied a 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 Defense Department’s Office of Hearings and Appeals.

An unnamed 30-year-old woman from “Country X,” was denied a Top-secret security clearance by the U.S. Department of Defense in January, according to a CNN report on May. 1. The woman who had the second lowest level of security clearance requested a top-secret security clearance in October of last year and appealed the Pentagon’s denial.

The US defence department said that a woman was denied a top-secret security clearance this year because she was a “close” relative of an authoritarian dictator. The woman and the country in question were unnamed,