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ORAL HISTORY OF JOHN W. NIELDS, JR.
Index
Adirondacks Putnam Camp, 20
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC), 152
Al Shiraa (newspaper), 165
Amsterdam, Anthony, 28
Anderson, R. Lanier, 204-05, 207
Andover, 8-9, 15, 39
antitrust laws, 156-58, 230, 274
Arms Export Control Act, 167
AT&T, 156-59
Atchison v. Barry (case), 212, 217
Austin v. New Hampshire (case), 258
bag jobs, 98, 100-01, 103, 109, 113-15, 117, 119, 122, 125, 127, 180
Baker, Hal, 132
Ballen, Ken, 188
Baltimore Sun (newspaper), 223
Banner v. United States (case), 259
Baron, Alan, 222, 225
Barry, Marion, 134, 141
Bender, Paul, 29-30
Black, Roy, 208, 262-63, 268
Blackman, Harry, 55
Blakey, Bob, 112
BMPE (Black Market Peso Exchange), 267-68
Boland Amendment, 172, 183
Boland, Eddie, 89
Bono, Gaspare (“Gap”), 161
Bookchin, Murray, 125-26
Booth, Joan, 139
Booth, Michelle, 151
Bork, Robert, 149, 150
Bossie, David, 244
Brandeis, Louis, 99
Brennan, William, 55, 56
Brind, Ira, 28
Brosnahan, James, 200
Brown, Bill, 39
Bryant, William (Bill) 104, 107, 111-12, 124
Burns, Ken, 34
Burton, Dan, 243
Bush, George H.W., 196, 200
Nixon pardon, 200
Weinberger pardon, 199
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Cahill Gordon, 1, 3, 30
Cahill Gordon Reindel & Ohl, 1
Cahill, John, 2
Carome, Pat, 187
Casey, Bill, 168, 192-93
Castro, Jose Luis, 208
Cheney, Dick, 173
Christ House, 215
Church and Pike committees, 98
CIA, 167-68, 175
City Gas (case), 205
Civiletti, Ben, 94
Clark, Ramsey, 116-17
Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), 105
Clifford, Clark, 184
Clifton Terrace, 135, 138-39, 141, 146, 153
Clinton, Bill, 230-32
Clinton, Hillary, 232
Cochran, Thad, 80
Cohen, Ben, 122-25
Cold Spring Harbor, 4, 6, 11, 13
Colombia, 263-64, 267-68, 269, 271
Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV), 217
Contras, 170-72, 183, 196
Cooke, Marcia G., 270
Cooper, Charles, 189
Coors, Adolph, 183
Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), 99
Covington, 133, 274, 287
Crowell & Moring, 240
Cutler, Lloyd, 110-11
cy-près doctrine, 31
D.C. Appleseed, 257
D.C. Bar, 251, 253-54
pro bono progam, 254, 257
Dalton, 6-8, 15, 18, 35
Daniels, Veronica, 215
Davis Polk, 31-33, 39-41, 43, 175, 204, 230
rotation system, 31
Deep Throat, 121, See Felt, Mark
Dickinson, Tandy, 71
District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, 239, 242, 255
homeless people, 213-14
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structural deficit, 258
Superior Court, 151, 153, 215, 255-56
Doe I (case), 238
Dohrn, Bernadine, 122
Dohrn, Jennifer, 122
Douglas, William, 55
Easley, Steve, 216
Edmondson, James, 209
Edwards, Edwin, 91
Eggleston, Neil, 182, 187, 189, 233
Eighth Amendment, 65
Equal Protection Clause case, 57, 258
Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins (case), 29
Ervin, Sam, 113
FBI (case), 160
FBI, 61, 76, 94-100, 104, 109, 118, 123-26, 143, 156, 160, 185, 223
Black Bag Job, 4
FCC (Federal Communications Commission), 158, 188
Felt, Mark, 95-96, 100-01, 103-04, 110, 113, 121-22, 124, 150, 180
Felt-Miller (case), 100-01
Fenwick, Millicent, 77-80
Ferguson, Carr, 204, 207
Fifth Amendment, 47-48, 64, 183, 207, 238-39, 288-89
Fisher v. United States (case), 64, 238, 288
Fiske, Bob, 230-33
Flannery, Thomas, 131
Flowers, Walter, 79
Flynt, John, 80, 81
Foster, Vince, 232
Fourth Amendment, 99, 113
Gallagher, Cornelius, 76, 82
GAO (Government Accountability Office), 258
Garden Memorial Church, 260
Gardner, Bill, 99-100, 113
Garfinckels (department store), 141
Genachowski, Julius, 188
Gesell, Gerhard, 197
Gillespie, Hazard, 32
Glekel, Jeff, 51
Goetcheus, Janelle, 215
Goss v. Lopez (case), 58
Graham, Fred, 120
Gravel, Camille, 83
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Gray, Billy, 39
Gray, L. Patrick, 100-01, 223
graymail, 95, 101-02, 105, 110
Greene, Henry, 153
Hakim, Albert, 171, 184-85, 193
Hall, Fawn, 170
Hamilton, Lee, 80, 173-74, 179, 185, 188
Hanna, Richard, 82
Hart and Wechsler’s The Federal Courts and the Federal System (Bator, Meltzer, Mishkin and
Shapiro), 29
Heller (case), 203, 206-09
Heller, Dan, 203, 205
Heyman, Phil, 123
Hill, James Clinkscales, 204
Hiss, Alger, 17, 18
Hiss, Tony, 18
Holtzman, Elizabeth, 82
Home Rule Act of 1973, 257
Hoover, J. Edgar, 100, 103-04, 118
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 68
Howard, George Jr., 235
Hower, Dave, 282
Howrey & Simon, 92-5, 133, 155-60, 203, 207, 214, 216, 219, 262, 266, 274-75
dissolution, 271
Hubbell, Suzy, 248
Hubbell, Webster (Webb), 64, 200, 202, 229-39, 242- 49, 288
HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development), 135-7, 146
Hughes Hubbard, 67
Hundley, Bill, 71, 75
Huston Plan, 117
“I Have a Dream” program, 260
Imbler v. Pachtman (case), 65
immunity, 72, 84, 179-80, 184-85, 198-99, 236-38, 242
inconsistent pro bono practices, 252
Independent Counsel, 175, 177-78, 200-02, 230, 234, 240-41
Reauthorization Act of 1994, 231
statute, 231, 244, 245
Inouye, Daniel, 173, 174
Internal Revenue Code, 83
Iran-Contra, 37, 61-62, 165, 92, 155, 163, 172-74, 200, 201-03, 212-13, 233
“the Enterprise,” 193
diversion of arms sales proceeds, 171, 192-93, 196
hostages, 166
Independent Counsel, 244
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November 1985 Finding, 167-69, 180, 199
Reagan plausible deniability, 196
See also North, Oliver
IRS, 207, 248
Jackson, Robert, 2, 4, 113, 202
Nuremberg trials, 113
Jacoby, Oswald, 14
Jaworski, Leon, 68
Johnson, Lyndon, 34
Johnson, Sara, 155
Joseph, Bob, 155
Kaplan, Sharon, 28
Katz v. United States (case), 99
Katzenbach, Nicholas, 116-17
Kavanaugh, Brett, 235
KCIA See Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Kearney, John, 98
Keith (case), 102
Keith, Damon, 102
Kelly, Sharon Pratt, 152
Kendall, David, 243
Kennedy, John, 18, 34
Kennedy, John F., 17
Ketcham Elementary School, 261
Keuch, Bob, 111
Kim, Dong Jo, 84
Kim, Hyong-uk, 85, 86
Kim, Yung Gil, 85
Kleindienst, Richard, 116
Koreagate, 61, 63, 67-68, 70, 90, 173, 188, 201
Korean Central Intelligence Agency, 85, 87
Kuehne, Ben, 262-63
Lacovara, Phil, 67-68
Laird, Melvin, 78
Laney, Zellene, 138
Lang, Eugene, 260
Langstaff, Jack, 277-78
Lasker, Edward, 47, 48
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, 220
Lee, Gerald, 134
Levin, Leo, 30
Liberty Life Insurance Company, 161-62
Liman, Arthur, 176, 185, 190, 201
Litton Industries (case), 156
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Peace Corps, 220
Luque, Nancy, 153
Machtinger, Howard, 109
Machtinger, Leonard, 109, 122
Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association, 231, 237, 239
Malysiak, Jim, 53
Marchetti v. United States (case), 47
Markey, Ed, 283
Marks, Andy, 251
Marquette Credit Union, 229
Marshall, Thurgood, 55
Martin, Frank, 98, 107, 111-12
McCarthy, Eugene, 36
McCarthy, Joseph, 17-18
McFall, John, 75, 81
McFarlane, Bud, 167, 172, 177, 184, 188, 193
McGowan, Carl, 149-50
McGrory, Mary, 62
MCI, 157, 159
MCI (case), 157
Medellín drug cartel, 262-64
Meese, Ed, 169, 171, 189, 193
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 161
Miami Herald (newspaper), 206
Michel, Paul, 94-95
Mickens, Johnny, 140, 143
Mikva, Abner, 198
Miller, Ed, 95, 100-01, 103-04, 122
Mishkin, Paul, 29
Mitchell, John, 116-17
Mollo, Silvio, 49-50
Moon, Sun Myung, 87
Morgenthau, Bob, 50
Morrison v. Olson (case), 201-02
Mueller, Robert, 175, 245
Mullan, Fitzhugh Seamus McManus, 7
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), 221, 226
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), 129
New York City, 1, 4, 5, 6, 21, 24, 25, 28, 213
New York Times (newspaper), 39, 126, 231
Newbold, Artie, 28, 34
Nields, Abigail (daughter), 25, 279-80, 284
Nields, Elizabeth (sister), 9-10, 12-13, 122
Nields, Gail Tenney (wife), 13-14, 16, 19-22, 53, 92-94, 148, 194, 261, 276, 278, 285
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Brearley School in New York City, 21
Bryn Mawr Master’s, 24-25
Hewitt School teaching, 24
University of Pennsylvania, 24
Nields, Jenifer (sister), 9
Nields, John W. Jr. – Personal
Aunt Jo, 13
Adirondack Mountains, 12
Andover (Phillips Academy, 8
bar exam, 37, 39-40
birth in New York City, 6
Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, 6
Dalton School, 6-7
draft status, 36
death threats, 195
summer jobs
Cahill Gordon, 3
Patterson Belknap, Webb & Tyler, 30
Utah ranch, 19
University of Pennsylvania, 26
Yale, 15
Political science major, 16
Nields, John W. Jr. – Professional
Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 41
Board of Directors at the D.C. Appleseed Center, 257
Chief Appellate Attorney and then I was head of the Civil Division, 49
Chief Counsel House Select Committee, 165
chief counsel to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 68
D.C. Bar
Board of Governors, 252
pro bono committee chair, 254
President, 252
Davis Polk, 31
Koreagate evidence, 72, 81
law clerk for Justice White, 50
Pro bono, 129
thoughts on independent counsel law, 202
United States Attorney
Assistant Chief and Chief, 44, 49, 67
United States Department of Justice
Chief Appellate Attorney and head of Civil Division, 49
United States House of Representatives
Chief Counsel House Select Committee, 68, 165, 173
Nields, John W. (father), 1
RCA, 2
teaching Sarah Lawrence College, 1
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Yale Law School, 3
Nields, Katryna (daughter), 279, 281-83
Nields, Laura (sister), 9, 11-12, 20
Nields, Lila Hall Franklin (mother), 5
Board of Bennington College, 6
Nields, Nerissa (daughter), 38, 279, 281-283
Nixon, Richard, 100, 112, 115-18, 120
Noerr-Pennington doctrine, 158
North, Oliver, 119, 167, 170-72, 177-80, 188-94, 197-99, 209
document shredding, 10
immunity, 180
testimony, 172
NSC (National Security Council), 170
O’Neill, Thomas (“Tip”), 73, 88, 90
O’Sullivan, Julie, 233
Oakes, James, 160
Obama, Barack, 233
Oberdorfer, Louis, 104
Ochoa Vasquez, Fabio, 262-63
Page, Mark (brother-in-law), 11
Paine, James, 211
Park, Tongsun, 71, 72-74, 81, 83
Passman, Otto, 70-72, 75, 77, 81, 83, 91
Patten, Edward, 75, 80-81
Patterson Belknap, Webb & Tyler, 30
Paul Weiss, 185
Peace Corps, 34
Pear, Robert, 126
Penn, John, 132, 140, 149
Pike and Church hearings, 108
Pinkerton charge, 146
Pitt, William, 113
Plamondon (case). See United States v. U.S. District Court
Plamondon, Lawrence, 102
Planned Parenthood, 129, 131-32
Planned Parenthood (case), 131
Poindexter, John, 168, 175, 177, 179-80, 193, 196-98
Potomac School, 25, 278
Powell, Lewis, 51, 53, 55
Preyer, L. Richardson, 80
Pride, Inc. Properties, 135
pro bono, 32, 129, 133, 214, 219, 237, 252-54, 257, 287
Providence Journal (newspaper), 223, 228
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Pryer, Richardson, 129
Public Law 480, 69-71
Radio Corp. of America v. United States, 2
Raofield, Jason, 267
Reagan Administration, 128, 166
Reagan, Nancy, 191
Reagan, Ronald, 168-69, 171, 174-75, 180-81, 191-93, 196
Administration
family planning, 128
hostage policy, 166
Iran-Contra, 166
pardon, 118-19
Regan, Don, 196
Rehnquist, William, 55, 58, 103, 242
Renfrew, Charles, 123
Reno, Janet, 231, 234-35
Revels, 276-80
See also Washington Revels
Reynolds, Brad, 189
Rhode Island Shares and Security Depositors’ Indemnity Corporation, 220-23, 226-27
investigation, 220
Richey, Charles, 83
Ripple, Ken, 51
RISDIC See Rhode Island Shares and Security Depositors’ Indemnity Corporation
Robb, Chuck, 191
Roberts, John, 154
Robertson, James, 237-39
Rogers, David, 37
Rogovin, Mitch, 137
Romatowski, Pete, 240
Rose Law Firm, 232-34, 236-37, 248
Rosoff, Bill, 28
Roybal, Edward, 75, 81-82
Rudman, Warren, 173-74, 201
Russian election interference, 245
Scalia,Antonin, 201-02, 238
Schrieberg, Frances Carol, 122
Secord, Richard, 171, 177, 184, 188, 192-93
Section 1983, 66
Senate Intelligence Committee, 168, 192, 201
Sherwood Webster (case), 150
Shores, Laura, 266
Siemer, Deanne, 132
Silberman, Laurence, 198
Simms, Larry, 52, 62
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Simon, Bill, 157, 158
Sixth Amendment, 269
Snyder, Mitch, 213-17
Social Security Act, 57
Socratic method, 29
Spiegel, John, 60, 62, 67
Sporkin, Stanley, 175
Starr, Kenneth (Ken), 231, 234-36, 240-41, 246
Stearns, Barbara Nields (aunt), 14
Stearns, Sherman (uncle), 14
Stevens, John, 53
Stewart, Potter, 53
Sullivan, Emmet, 151
Sundlun, Bruce, 227
Tamm, Edwin, 149-50
Taylor, Harriett, 214-15, 219
Teague, Olin (“Tiger”), 80
Teitz, Jeff, 222-23, 225
Tolson, Clyde, 100
Tower Commission, 174-75
Treadwell (case)
appeal, 148
Treadwell, Mary, 62, 132-36, 138-42, 144, 146, 148-49, 153, 155, 203
Tritell, Randy, 145
Tuttle, Elbert, 204
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 56, 165, 198, 207, 218, 239-42, 252
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 204-05, 209-10, 269-70
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 51
Sentelle, David, 198
Unger, Barry, 28
Unification Church, 87
United States v. Castro (case), 208
multiple conspiracy arguments, 210
United States v. Heller (case), 203-05
United States v. Hubbell(case), 239, 242
United States v. Velez (case), 270
United States Supreme Court, 2, 48-49, 58, 64-65, 99, 102-04, 112-13, 116-18, 234, 242, 259,
290
“Highest Court in the Land,” 60
Vietnam War, 17, 34-36, 190
Wald, Patricia, 198
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Wall Street Journal, 37, 39, 232
Walsh, Lawrence, 175-76, 179
Warren Court, 28
Washington Post, 62, 186, 256
Washington Revels (Christmas Revels), 275
Watergate, 87, 91, 113, 118, 141, 201, 245
Weather Underground, 96, 102-03, 107, 109, 114
Weather Underground (Weathermen), 96, 122
Webb v. Texas, 207-08
Weinberger, Caspar, 199-200, 244
Whitaker, Duncan, 161
White, Byron, 24, 49-53, 56, 58, 61-62, 64, 65, 66-67, 238, 288
Whitehouse, Sheldon, 227
Whitewater, 201, 203, 230-32, 244
Williams, Lois, 214, 216, 218-19, 258
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, 220
Williams, Ted, 63
Wilson, Charles, 75, 81
Winston & Strawn, 273
Wiretap Act, 112
Wirtz, Willard, 134
Wiseman, Alan, 274
Wright, James, 65, 88
Yale Law Journal, 3
Youth Pride, 134, 141, 143