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Chaired by Harvard Law professor James Vorenberg '49, the commission consists of three gubernatorial appointees, one selection of the attorney general and a fifth member chosen by the secretary of state. Currently, one Independent, two Democrats, and two Republicans hold commission seats. Despite its non-partisan composition, however, many state officials still view the commission with a mixture of fear and distrust. "Some people here perceive us as a horror story imposed on the legislature," David Brickman, commission member, explained recently. "But we are not a band of J. Edgar Hoover Jr.'s and we will do our job professionally...
Furthermore, Chairman Vorenberg feels that an additional problem with borrowing investigators from the State Police is the threat of leaks. "After all, there is a very high degree of confidentiality in our investigations and I wouldn't feel comfortable unless the direction of it was under our own staff," Vorenberg explains...
When former Governor Michael S. Dukakis went shopping for a State Ethics Commission last fall, Harvard Law professor James Vorenberg '49, of Watergate prosecution fame, immediately came to mind...
...associate Dean of the Law School, Vorenberg has been involved in criminal investigations since the early '60s, when he served as director of President Johnson's Office of Criminal Justice...
...Vorenberg gained his reputation as crime-fighter while serving as associate special prosecutor in the Watergate investigations. After assisting Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox with the hiring of investigators, Vorenberg worked full-time on the Watergate case until the fall of 1973, when the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre" left Cox jobless. Vorenberg resigned following the Cox firing, but returned to the case on a part-time basis under Leon Jaworski. Vorenberg remained with the prosecutor's office until former President Nixon's resignation in August...