The Lacuna Project

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

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Agency

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • DEF-6.5: The Kerry subcommittee found that State Department humanitarian funds for the Contras went to four companies tied to drug traffickers, and it did not find Contra leaders personally involved in trafficking.
  • DEF-6.7: The Senate BCCI report found that Justice Department personnel obstructed the Manhattan District Attorney's inquiry and that the CIA continued to use BCCI and First American after it knew BCCI was a criminal enterprise.
  • POL-6.8: The 5 March 2024 superseding indictment charged Senator Robert Menendez, Nadine Menendez and two New Jersey businessmen, among other offenses, with a conspiracy to have Menendez act as an agent of the Government of Egypt, a foreign principal required to register under FARA, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 219.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 312 1989. United States Senate, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations: Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy, S. Prt. 100-165 (Kerry Committee report)
  • Exhibit 318 December 1992. United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations: The BCCI Affair, S. Prt. 102-140 (Kerry and Brown)
  • Exhibit 830 5 March 2024. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York: Superseding Indictment S4, United States v. Menendez, No. 23-cr-490 (SHS), Doc. 239-1