NIXON-ERA ACTIONS ARE STILL FOLLOWING MITCHELL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201180021-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: February 28, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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USA; TODAY
28 February 1985
Nixon-era actions are still following Mitchell
By Leslie Phillips
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON - John
Mitchell's name surfaced
again in Supreme Court
Wednesday - this time in a re-
quest for legal immunity from
a wiretap he authorized 15
years ago.
The former attorney general
- represented by a Justice De-
partment lawyer - is fighting
a claim that he is liable for
damages resulting from wire-
taps of Vietnam protesters. .
A ruling is expected in July.
Mitchell has been maintain-
ing a low profile in Washington,
where he was forced to resign
during the Watergate scandal.
Disbarred after a 1975 trial
for obstruction of justice, he
now works for an international
business consulting firm.
"He's kind of a detached fel-
low about most everything -
including even himself," says
Bryce Harlow, a colleague at
the Nixon White House.
"He's sort of a private guy
who does his thing and doesn't
care a whole lot what people
think of him."
One acquaintance recalls
that at a recent dinner party
with former Nixon aides,
Mitchell joined in poking fun at
former White House aide John
Ehrlichman. He then urged
guests to read a new Watergate
book suggesting extensive CIA
involvement in the scandal.
Mitchell, who served 19
months in an Alabama military
prison, recently received
$68,579 from former President
Nixon's 1972 campaign re-elec-
tion committee to cover legal
expenses incurred during the
Watergate scandal.
He's one of the few Water-
gate principles not to write a
book, despite signing a 1975
book contract and receiving a
$50,000 advance.
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