The Lacuna Project

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

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Person

Allen Weinstein (historian; founder of the Center for Democracy)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-6.15: In a Washington Post column of 22 September 1991, David Ignatius quoted Allen Weinstein, then head of the Center for Democracy, as saying, "A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA." The column describes overt funding as avoiding the backlash that exposed covert work produced.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 836 22 September 1991. David Ignatius, The Washington Post: Innocence Abroad: The New World of Spyless Coups