Talk:John N. Mitchell

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This entry looks suspiciously like a cut-and-paste from something else. Can someone verify this?

It passes the google test.Vicki Rosenzweig

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[edit] external link

the information below the external link divider is mostly wikipedia, and the rest is wikiquote. is the divider appropriate? pauli 02:40, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Was he ever disbarred?

Was John Mitchell ever disbarred, even temporarilly? If so, and it can be verified, add that information to the article and include the article in Category:Disbarred American lawyers Dugwiki 16:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did he serve? How long?

What happened AFTER the sentencing? Did he serve? How long? (Serkul 03:02, 20 March 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Information on Mitchell's Prison Time

According to http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/mitchell.htm: "he served 19 months of a 2 1/2-to-8 year prison sentence."

From article on Mitchell's death (By Lawrence Meyer,Washington Post, Thursday, November 10, 1988, (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/stories/mitchobit.htm): "For his part in the cover-up conspiracy and his failure to tell the truth about it under oath, Mitchell was sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years. U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica later reduced Mitchell's sentence to one to four years. Mitchell served 19 months at the minimum-security institution at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama and was freed on parole Jan. 20, 1979. Mitchell was paroled from Maxwell, among other reasons, because his health was failing." Btm1 13:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)BTM1 4/20/2007

[edit] Sources and cites needed

This article is very well-written, but needs some sources cited. I will try to add some soon, but have added the Unreferenced tag until then. Ukulele 18:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

The last line mentions his second wife, Martha. Where is the first wife mentioned? Perhaps a section for personal life could be created? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.215.67 (talk) 14:31, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] War record

This seems to be junk – all of it. Consult James Rosen's new biography, The Strong Man, and the review of the same in the Wall Street Journal of 24–25 May 2008.