Mitchell Rogovin

Mitchell Rogovin (died February 7, 1996, Washington, D.C.) was a noted civil liberties lawyer and U.S. government counsel. He served as chief counsel for the IRS in the 1960s and special counsel to the CIA in 1975 and 1976. In private practice, he was known for his 1971 defense of New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan for his role in the publication of the Pentagon Papers, and for his 1973 suit against Richard Nixon's reelection committee on behalf of Common Cause.^[1] He was appointed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to head the agency's investigation of the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island.^[2]

References

1. ^ David Stout (1996-01-08). "Mitchell Rogovin, 65, Civil Liberties Lawyer". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2D61439F93BA35751C0A960958260. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
2. ^ Walker, J. Samuel (2004). Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-520-23940-7. 

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