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The Mouth of Sauron wasn't a Nazgul. Why not pick a Nazgul? Why would Sauron pick a weak human to do this job?
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*Tangent Time*
Well, he might desire to have somebody around who was capable of a greater degree of independent thought, which I expect would be a drawback for a Nazgul.
*Tangent Time Over*
The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur was a Nazgul so the idea of the Lieutenant of Minas Morgal being a Nazgul still holds water. It also seems likely that Sauron would want his most loyal followers (Nazgul) in all the top posts in his most sensitive frontier fortresses.
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Could Gothmog be a former Maia? Could he be Tom Bombadil's bipolar personality coming out?
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Oh help! Let's not open that can o' worms!
(Oh, and by the way, Goldberry also didn't have a fea!)
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Tolkien not mentioning it is enough for me.
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Suit yourself. However, the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur being a Nazgul, and the repeated statement that it was "no brigand or orc chieftain that commanded the assault" (before the Witch-king was killed) leads me to believe that Sauron would not have allowed the command to fall to such rabble in the event that the Witch-king became indisposed. We know there were other Nazgul at the battle, I think it quite likely that the command would fall to one of them.
(Too optimistic, there's a description that is not often thrown my way!)