Exhibit 362

Letter from William J. Lynn III to Senator John McCain on lobbying for Raytheon

Exhibit 362 · Correspondence

Letter from William J. Lynn III to Senator John McCain on lobbying for Raytheon

Lynn states he was a registered lobbyist for Raytheon through the first quarter of 2008 and lists six programs he lobbied Congress on; he lobbied DoD only on the Multiple Kill Vehicle. If confirmed he will not seek authorization to participate in those six programs for one year.

Source: William J. Lynn III
Date: January 2009
Grade: Primary record
Document: http://pogoarchives.org/m/gc/lynn-letter-20090130.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: NBC News (Jan 2009) reports the six programs and the one-year recusal but dates Lynn's letter to McCain 28 January, not 30 January, so there may be two letters. The Senate Armed Services Committee nomination record would settle the date.

Cited by

Finding DEF-4.7: Primary record 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.