The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Nonprofit

Center for a New American Security

Documented money flows

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • DEF-4.7: Seven officials are documented moving between Defense Department posts and the boards or payrolls of defense contractors in dated steps from 2009 to 2021, under the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. Five of them (Lynn, Shanahan, Esper, Mattis and Austin) came to senior Pentagon posts from contractor roles, and four (Work, Pawlikowski, Mattis and Austin) took contractor board seats after leaving DoD posts or the armed services.
  • DEF-4.9: The fiscal year 2025 donor lists of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Center for a New American Security name Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Boeing and RTX among their corporate donors, in published dollar bands.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 369 14 August 2017. Raytheon Company: Raytheon Company Form 8-K and press release: Robert O. Work elected to Board
  • Exhibit 373 FY2025. Center for a New American Security: CNAS Supporters (contributions 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025)