Who is John McNaughton from The Best and the Brightest and what is their importance?

John McNaughton was a professor of law at Harvard Law School. He had worked in government during the period of the decision-making on the bombings. He wrote many papers that McNamara used in the decision making process and was viewed as a hawk, even though he was privately a dove. He and his wife and son were later killed in a plane accident in 1967.