The Lacuna Project

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

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Person

William J. Lynn III

Documented positions

  • William J. Lynn III: Senior Vice President, Government Operations and Strategy; registered lobbyist through first quarter 2008, Raytheon (Raytheon Company, Raytheon Technologies, RTX) (earlier – 2008); Deputy Secretary of Defense (nominee; letter to SASC 30 Jan 2009), U.S. Department of Defense (2009 – present)

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.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 362 January 2009. William J. Lynn III: Letter from William J. Lynn III to Senator John McCain on lobbying for Raytheon