Closed loop: US Department of Defense (Pentagon) → CACI International → Ken Calvert → US Department of Defense (Pentagon)

Involved entities

Inference logic

1. Edge A→B: US Department of Defense (Pentagon) → CACI International (relationship: funding-type, "CACI is a defense contractor in known entities; Calvert's defense subcommittee role aligns with such contractors, but no explicit donation in provided facts.").
2. Edge B→C: CACI International → Ken Calvert (relationship: authority-type, "As chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Calvert sponsored and passed an $833 billion defense spending bill (H.R. 8774) in 2024, and his subcommittee oversees federal contract funding for defense companies that donate to his campaign.").
3. Edge C→A: Ken Calvert → US Department of Defense (Pentagon) (relationship: benefit-type, "CACI International is a well-known defense and intelligence contractor with the Pentagon as a primary customer base, as evidenced by their status as a publicly traded government contractor with consistent SEC filing history spanning 2009-2022").
Each edge is independently documented in the connections table (IDs 13407, 13399, 572). Together they form a directed cycle: money flows from A, authority flows through B, benefit returns to A. This is the structural definition of a closed conflict-of-interest loop.

Source edges (3)

• CACI International ↔ US Department of Defense (Pentagon) — contractor (CACI International is a well-known defense and intelligence contractor with the Pentagon as a primary customer base, as evidenced by their status as a publicly traded government contractor with consis)
• Ken Calvert ↔ US Department of Defense (Pentagon) — oversight (As chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Calvert sponsored and passed an $833 billion defense spending bill (H.R. 8774) in 2024, and his subcommittee oversees federal contract funding for )
• Ken Calvert ↔ CACI International — donor (CACI is a defense contractor in known entities; Calvert's defense subcommittee role aligns with such contractors, but no explicit donation in provided facts.)

Comparative baseline

Steelman — strongest benign interpretation

Sensitivity

Replication query (SQL)

Anyone can re-execute this query to verify the published value. If the result diverges, the finding auto-flags as stale.

SELECT (
      EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=108 AND entity_b_id=11013) OR (entity_a_id=11013 AND entity_b_id=108)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%investor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%donor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%donation%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contributor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contribution%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%funder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%founder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%co-founder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%shareholder%'))
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=11013 AND entity_b_id=94) OR (entity_a_id=94 AND entity_b_id=11013)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%oversight%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulatory_oversight%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulatory%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulator%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%committee_membership%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%committee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%chair%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%appointed_by%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%appointment%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%supervisor%'))
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=94 AND entity_b_id=108) OR (entity_a_id=108 AND entity_b_id=94)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%contractor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contractor_relationship%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%client%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%supplier%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%vendor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%grant_recipient%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%employment%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%employee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%former_employee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%consultant%'))
    )::int AS value

Questions this raises

Each question can be commissioned at the matching investigation tier.

• SEED — $5 What is the timeline of these three relationships — does US Department of Defense (Pentagon)'s support of CACI International predate CACI International's authority over Ken Calvert?
• SKETCH — $20 What is the dollar value flowing on each edge over the past five years?
• SKETCH — $20 Are there public records of CACI International recusing from any decision involving Ken Calvert?
• DOSSIER — $75 Map every contract, grant, or appointment between the three entities since the loop closed.