Category: Timeline Stories

The SEC brings a civil suit against Lockheed, alleging that the company made at least $25 million in secret payments ...

Elliot Richardson. Credit: Library of Congress President Gerald Ford establishes the Task Force on Questionable Payments Abroad and names Secretary ...

The Supreme Court issues a decision in Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder, restricting auditor liability for corporate misconduct in the ...

Mug shot of Yoshio Kodama while he was held as a war criminal in Sugamo Prison in Tokyo in 1946. ...

The US and Japanese governments enter into a formal evidence-exchange agreement regarding Lockheed.

Sen. Frank Church speaks during his presidential campaign announcement in 1976. Credit: Special Collections and Archives, Albertsons Library, Boise State ...

Sen. William Proxmire introduces S. 3133, The Foreign Payments Disclosure Act

Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Yasuhiro Nakasone visits the American embassy in Tokyo asking for help to "hush up" the ...

Carl Kotchian at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam shortly after being named the president of Lockheed. Credit: Nationaal Archief (Dutch National ...

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands at a 1961 NATO Air Force shooting competition in Leeuwarden in his medal-adorned military uniform. ...

Carl Kotchian, president of Lockheed, provides electric testimony before the Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, revealing bribes paid by Lockheed to ...

The US Supreme Court issues a decision in Buckley v. Valeo, upholding restrictions on campaign contributions and noting that legislation ...