Word: jaworskis
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...President had his own day in court. Special Counsel James St. Clair squared off against Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski before the Supreme Court in three hours of historic arguments about presidential privilege. At issue was whether the President must turn over 64 more White House tapes to Judge John Sirica for use as evidence in the trial of seven other Nixon aides (see cover story next page). It was not known just how damaging to the President's cause the withheld tapes might be. But Nixon, tempted to turn them over to avoid a confrontation with the courts, made...
...White's stand. Like Powell, appeared to be leaning toward Jaworski...
Despite the masses of evidence already on the public record, the 64 tapes are widely believed to hold answers to some of the Watergate mysteries still unresolved. That is why Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski subpoenaed the material -and perhaps why the President refused to comply with Sirica's order to produce it for judicial inspection. The White House tried to take the case to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which would have meant still more delay. Jaworski persuaded the Supreme Court to take the case directly...
...Jaworski staff had fewer problems. Although under the same time pressure, eight topflight lawyers divided the research chores by subjects and produced a more tightly reasoned and precedent-studded brief on time. Busy supervising the various Watergate investigations and prosecutions, Jaworski nevertheless gave the Supreme Court arguments his personal attention. He also had the skilled aid of Philip Lacovara, 30, his chief counsel and perhaps the sharpest mind on the 38-member legal staff. Despite the liberal image of the Jaworski team, Lacovara, a conservative, is a former Goldwater activist...
...Known as a quick-thinking, aggressive prosecutor of corrupt officials, labor racketeers and organized crime figures while he was with the U.S. Attorney's office in New York City, Ben-Veniste was recruited by Archibald Cox for the Watergate task force. He became head of it when Leon Jaworski was named special prosecutor and, with the task force's six other lawyers, helped obtain subpoenaed tapes in a major victory over the White House legal staff. "He bores in on you like a God-damned termite," said one lawyer who has watched Ben-Veniste in action. A Columbia...