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Rehnquist Drug Dependency Detailed

The doctor who helped Rehnquist get off the drug said the justice's wife was highly upset and felt that the prescribing physician and the pharmacist who filled the prescription were probably intimidated by such high-ranking officials as Supreme Court justices and senators and probably would have agreed to almost any request.

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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is seen in this Dec. 5, 2003 file photo taken at the Supreme Court in Washington. FBI files on Rehnquist provide details on decades-old confirmation battles. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Files)
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is seen in this Dec. 5, 2003 file photo taken at the Supreme Court in Washington. FBI files on Rehnquist provide details on decades-old confirmation battles. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Files) (J. Scott Applewhite - AP)

On the Net:

FBI documents available at:

http://wid.ap.org/documents/rehnquist/section1.pdf

http://wid.ap.org/documents/rehnquist/section3.pdf

http://wid.ap.org/documents/rehnquist/section4.pdf

http://wid.ap.org/documents/rehnquist/section5.pdf

http://wid.ap.org/documents/rehnquist/section6.pdf

http://wid.ap.org/documents/rehnquist/section7.pdf


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