Oral History of Benjamin R. Civiletti
INDEX
ABA. See American Bar Association
Abscam, 67–69, 91
ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union
Adams, Brock, 101
Agee, Philip, 133–34
Agnew, Spiro T., 43
Allende, Salvador, 67
Alton, Joseph W., 41
American Bar Association, 144–45
American Civil Liberties Union, 94–95
Anderson, Dale, 42–43
Anderson, Jack, 58
Andrus, Cecil D., 101
Babcock, Barbara, 81
Baetjer, Harry N., 44–45
Bagley, Smith, 62
Baker, Connie, 47
Baker, Russell (“Tim”), 80
Banks, Anthony (“Tony”) L., 51
Barnes, Wilson K., 28
Bates, Ernie, 13
Beall, George, 41
Beall, John Glenn, Jr., 35
Belgrad, Herbert J., 24
Bell, Griffin B., 52–55, 57, 61, 63, 67, 77, 85, 96, 98
and ACLU, 94–95
and FBI Director selection, 83–84
and judge selection, 86, 90
and LEAA, 107–108
and Marston Affair, 78–80
and Prairie Fire, 72–73
resignation, 92–93
Berman, Jerry, 94, 96
Bethlehem Steel, 125–26, 137, 139
Blumenthal, Richard, 68
Blumenthal, W. Michael, 93, 101
Boone, A. Gordon, 38
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Oral History of Benjamin R. Civiletti
INDEX
ABA. See American Bar Association
Abscam, 67–69, 91
ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union
Adams, Brock, 101
Agee, Philip, 133–34
Agnew, Spiro T., 43
Allende, Salvador, 67
Alton, Joseph W., 41
American Bar Association, 144–45
American Civil Liberties Union, 94–95
Anderson, Dale, 42–43
Anderson, Jack, 58
Andrus, Cecil D., 101
Babcock, Barbara, 81
Baetjer, Harry N., 44–45
Bagley, Smith, 62
Baker, Connie, 47
Baker, Russell (“Tim”), 80
Banks, Anthony (“Tony”) L., 51
Barnes, Wilson K., 28
Bates, Ernie, 13
Beall, George, 41
Beall, John Glenn, Jr., 35
Belgrad, Herbert J., 24
Bell, Griffin B., 52–55, 57, 61, 63, 67, 77, 85, 96, 98
and ACLU, 94–95
and FBI Director selection, 83–84
and judge selection, 86, 90
and LEAA, 107–108
and Marston Affair, 78–80
and Prairie Fire, 72–73
resignation, 92–93
Berman, Jerry, 94, 96
Bethlehem Steel, 125–26, 137, 139
Blumenthal, Richard, 68
Blumenthal, W. Michael, 93, 101
Boone, A. Gordon, 38
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Bourne, Peter, 78
Brown, Edmund Gerald (“Jerry”), 72, 73
Bush, George W., 143
Butler, John Marshall, 35–36
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., 93, 100–101, 103
Carey, Tony, 46
Carter, James E. (“Jimmy”), 52, 60, 74, 77, 79, 101, 116–18
Cabinet meetings, 102–105
and Civiletti, 53, 93, 96
and FBI Director selection, 83–84
and Iran hostage crisis, 99, 116
and judgeships, 86–87, 88, 90
and LEAA, 107
and Mariel Boatlift, 118–20
and Puerto Rican terrorists, 108–109
Carter, Rosalynn S., 104–105, 118
Carter, William A. (“Billy”), 66–67
Castro, Fidel, 119–20
Chestnut, W. Calvin, 26–31, 32, 34
Christopher, Warren, 93–94
Christy, Arthur H., 75
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 67, 70, 71
Civiletti, Benjamin R. – Personal
aunts, 3, 4–5
birth, 6
childhood, 8–11
children, 6, 50–52, 58, 59, 97
Columbia Law School, 20–24, 25
cousins, 4–5
father, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 19
friends, 7–8
grandchildren, 148
grandparents (maternal), 3–4
grandparents (paternal), 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11
great-grandparents, 1–3
hobbies, 147–48
Johns Hopkins University undergraduate, 12–16, 20
military service, 16–17
mother, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 19, 59
political activity, 31–32
schools, 6–7, 10
sister, 5, 8, 58–59
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sports, 8, 14–15
summer jobs, 21
uncles, 3, 4–6, 10, 11
University of Maryland School of Law, 24–25, 26
vacations, 43–44, 121
wedding, 19, 23
wife, 7, 16, 17–19, 22, 24, 40, 58, 96, 97, 121, 123
and World War II, 8, 9, 11
Civiletti, Benjamin R. – Professional
ABA activities, 144–45
American Bar Association representative to the United Nations, 145
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice [1977-1978], 47–48,
52–55, 57
Billy Carter scandal, 66–67
carryover investigations, 67
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program), 67, 69–70
colleagues, 81–82
confirmation, 59–61
and FBI, 82–84
Godunov incident, 71–72
and graymail, 70–71, 95
Koreagate scandal, 60, 62–66, 67, 85
Marston Affair, 78–81, 85
and privacy issues, 58–59
Assistant U.S. Attorney [1962-1964], 32, 36
cases, 37–39
colleagues, 33–34
hours, 39–40
Attorney General of the United States [1979-1981], 10, 121, 149–50
Abscam investigation, 67–69, 91
and Cabinet meetings, 102–105
and Cabinet members, 100–102
court cases, 115
Greylord investigation, 91–92
Iran hostage crisis, 105–106, 111–16
Mariel Boatlift, 118–20
nomination, 93–94
Principles of Federal Prosecution, 95–96
and Puerto Rican terrorists, 108–109
and security service, 98
social obligations, 99–100
Stanford Daily guidelines, 95
swearing-in, 96–97
at World Court, 113–15
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and Carter, 53, 93, 96, 116–18
and civil rights, 95
and corporate boards, 137–41
Deputy Attorney General of the United States [1978-1979], 84–87
confirmation, 80–81, 94
Jordan case, 73–76
Prairie Fire incident, 72–73, 91
and Dingell, 146–47
Funding of the Arts task force, 140
Independent Review Board (IRC), 142–44
law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Chestnut [1961-1962], 26–31, 32
Maryland Legal Services Corporation founder, 144–45
on National Research Council’s Committee to Study National Cryptography Policy, 141–42
Snep guidelines, 133–34
and Teamsters, 142–44
Venable, Baetjer & Howard associate [1964-1977], 35, 40–41, 43–47, 57
Baltimore County Executives investigations, 41–43
Madden case, 49–50
mentors, 44–45
peers, 45–46
Venable LLP partner [1981- ], 122–23
cases, 123–25, 126–27
clients, 125–126
on retirement, 148–49
savings and loan scandals, 127–31
VMI case, 134–36
Civiletti, Donald, 4–5, 8
Civiletti, Gaile Lundgren, 7, 16, 17–19, 22, 24, 40, 58, 96, 97, 121, 123
Civiletti, Harry, 3, 5–6
Clark, Ramsey, 36
Classified Information Procedures Act. See graymail statute
Clinton, William J., 110, 120, 142
Cohen, Harriet, 25
Cohn, Roy, 74, 75
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program), 67, 69–70
Columbia Law School, 21–23, 25
cryptology, 141–42
Curran, Paul, 77
Cutler, Lloyd, 107
Dam, Kenneth W., 141
DiGenova, Joseph E., 142–43
Dingell, John D., 146–47
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Donovan, Raymond J., 76
Dorsey, Charles H., 25
Doub, George C., Jr., 47–48
Doub, George C., 47–48
Duncan, Charles W., Jr., 102
Dunham, Duane R., 139
Ellsberg, Daniel, 70
Emory, Richard W., 46
Eney, H. Vernon, 44, 45, 49–50, 123
Fallon, George H., 35
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 149–50
Director search, 82–84
and Weathermen, 67, 69–70, 91
Fedorenko, Feodor, 115
Ferguson, Carl, 82
Fiske, Robert B., 74, 79
Flaherty, Peter F., 85
Flood, Daniel J., 65–66
Flood, Louise, 3, 4, 5
Flood, Thomas, 5, 19
Gallagher, Francis, 39
Garmatz, Edward, 35
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 90
Godunov, Alexander, 71–72, 91
Goldschmidt, Neil E., 101–102
graymail statute, 71, 95
Greylord, 91–92
Grbac, Elvis, 51
Grow, D. Spencer, 37
Harmon, John M., 81
Harris, Patricia R., 93, 101, 103
Hastings, Alcee L., 110–11
Hearst-Shaw, Patricia (“Patty”), 110
Hébert, F. Edward, 65–66
Heller, Walter, 34
Helms, Richard, 67, 70–71, 115
Heymann, Philip B., 86
Hiatt, Jonathan, 143
Hoffa, James P., 142
Hoover, Herbert, 117
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Hughes, Charles Evans, 27
Independent Counsel Act, 74, 75–77
Independent Review Board (IRC), 142–44
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 142–44
International Court of Justice (ICJ). See World Court
Iran hostage crisis, 105–106, 111–16
Iran–U.S. Claims Tribunal, 112
Jackson, Robert H., 115
Javits, Jacob K., 36
Jaworski, Leon, 55, 86
Johns Hopkins University (The), 14
desegregation of, 13
faculty, 15–16
Johnson, Frank M., Jr., 83
Jordan, Hamilton, 73–76, 103
Joseph, George, 7–8
Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980, 110–11
Justice Department, U.S., 54, 61
Iran student issues, 105
judgeships, 86–87, 88–89
Mariel Boatlift, 119–20
policies, 95–96
relationship with congressional committees, 146
Kaplan, Joseph H., 33, 45
Kearse, Amalya L., 90
Kelley, Clarence M., 82–83
Kelly, Paul X., 138
Kennedy, Edward M. (“Ted”), 96
Kennedy, John F., 31
Kennedy, Robert F., 85
Kenney, Thomas J., 38–39
Kirbo, Charles H., 52, 92, 93
Kleindeinst, Richard G., 118
Klutznick, Philip M., 101, 104
Koreagate scandal, 55, 60, 62–66, 67, 85
Kreps, Juanita M., 101
Lacey, Frederick, 142
Lacovara, Philip A., 54, 55–56
Lance, Bert, 60, 61–62, 67
Law Enforcement Assistance Act (LEAA), 107–108
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Lerner, Alfred (“Al”), 126
Levi, Edward H., 90, 98
Liebowitz, Pamela, 5, 8, 58–59
Liman, Arthur, 53, 54–55
Mandel, Marvin, 41
Manton, Martin T., 27
Marbury, William, 44, 60
Mariel Boatlift, 118–20
Marion, Hardin, 39
Marshall, F. Ray, 102, 104
Marston, David W., 78–81
Maryland National Bank. See MBNA Company
MBNA Company, 126, 137, 138
McCarthy, William J., 46
McCree, Wade H., 84
McIntyre, James T., 102
Meese, Edwin (“Ed”), 76, 97
Mensik, C. Oran, 37
Michel, Paul R., 63
Miller, G. William, 100
Miller, Robert S. (“Steve”), 139
Mitchell, John N., 98
Mondale, Walter F., 104
Morrell, William,16
Morrow, Tony, 68
Motz, Diana G., 45
Motz, J. Frederick, 45
Moylan, Charles E., 33
Moylan, Daniel, 33
Muller, Julian Alexander, 3–4
Murnaghan, Francis D., 34–35, 45
Muskie, Edmund S., 93, 100, 104, 145
Nixon, Richard M., 60
Northrop, Edward S., 29
Notestein, Gary, 131–33
Old Court Savings and Loan, 127–128, 131
Owen, Roberts B., 113–15
Park, Tongsun, 63–65, 85
Peekskill, NY, 6, 7, 12
Perkins, Thomas P., 46
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Pimlico Race Track, 49
Pinochet, Augusto, 67
Powell, Jody, 73–75, 103
Prairie Fire, 72–73, 91
Principles of Federal Prosecution, 95–96
Puerto Rican terrorists, 108–109
Reagan, Ronald, 67, 116
Reno, Janet, 86
Rodino, Peter W., 96
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 9
Rosenberg, Maury, 22
Rubell, Steve, 74
Rubenstein, David M., 103
Ruff, Charles F. C., 86
Ruffle, John F., 138
Sachs, Stephen H., 33, 38, 39
Safire, William, 59–60, 80
Sarbanes, Paul, 34–36, 45, 60, 96
savings and loan scandals, 127–31
Scalia, Antonin, 2, 55
Schenefield, John H., 81, 82
Schlaff, Barbara E., 46
Schlenger, Jacques T., 128, 129–30, 132
Schlesinger, James R., 102
Schrager, Ian, 74
Shaffer, G. Wilson, 15–16
Shapiro, Irving S., 82
Smith, Robert, 46
Smith, William French, 78, 134
Snep guidelines, 133–34
Soper, Morris A., 34
Stafford, Thomas P., 138
Stanford Daily guidelines, 95
Starr, Kenneth, 77–78
Stockholm Syndrome, 110
Strachan, Nell B., 46
Terry, Mary Sue, 134–36
Thornburgh, Richard L. (“Dick”), 63
Twardowicz, Eugene (“Pete”), 41
Tydings, Joseph D., 31, 32–33, 38, 60
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United Nations, 145
University of Maryland, 24–25
Vance, Cyrus R., 93
Venable, Baetjer & Howard, 33, 35, 40–41, 43, 44–47, 123
and Notestein, 131–33
savings and loan scandals, 127–31
women associates, 46–47
Venable, Major, 44
Virginia Military Institute, 134, 135–36
Wackenhut, 125, 137, 138
Wald, Patricia M., 81, 82
Wallop, Malcolm, 80, 81, 94
Walsh, Lawrence E., 77, 87
War Powers Act of 1973, 112
Watergate investigation, 55, 86
Weathermen, 67, 69, 91
Webster, William H., 72–73, 82, 83–84, 90, 143
White, Byron R., 85
Whitewater investigation, 77
Wilder, L. Douglas, 134–36
Williams, Edward Bennett, 70–71
Williams, Harrison (“Pete”), 68
Wood, Barrie, 7, 19
World Court, 113–15
World War II, 8, 9, 11
Wright, James D., 46
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