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...necessary for Mr. Agnew or the Justice Department to find out who was responsible for the leaks. In the attempt to identify those responsible, the newsmen under subpoena may be pressed to reveal their confidential sources. If so, we will resist. We take it for granted that journalists, like all other citizens, have a duty to uphold the law. But we also believe that a reporter should not be required to disclose confidential sources except in the most compelling circumstances, such as imminent danger of loss of life, or if the reporter had essential information on a violent crime...
...Vice President Spiro Agnew, battling to preserve his post and his political future, there was good news and bad news last week. He won a surprise and legally surprising tactical victory in his efforts to halt leaks from the grand jury's investigation of him for bribery, extortion, conspiracy and tax evasion. Yet the President of the U.S. went out of his way to set the public record straight on his support of the prosecution and the seriousness of the charges, even as he accepted Agnew's right, fiercely asserted the week before, not to resign if indicted...
...Agnew's courtroom victory came after his lawyers had moved to quash the grand jury investigation by arguing that it was not only unconstitutional-a Vice President could not be indicted-but that the Justice Department had leaked so much detrimental material about Agnew to the press that the jurors were bound to be prejudiced. In a highly unusual action, Judge Walter E. Hoffman granted Agnew's attorneys the power to gather information about the extent of the leaks by questioning under oath any persons they felt to be "appropriate and necessary"-a sweeping definition that could...
...Agnew's attorneys promptly subpoenaed a number of newsmen and press organizations, including TIME, and raised serious questions about the freedom of the press that are sure to create a new set of constitutional court battles (see following story...
...turn, Richardson, in a brief filed in court, rejected Agnew's plea for immunity on constitutional grounds by arguing forcefully that Agnew could be indicted before he was impeached. The brief, signed by Solicitor General Robert H. Bork but clearly Richardson's responsibility, claimed that only the President was immune from prosecution prior to impeachment-a point of view that may have a vital bearing later on if Richard Nixon ever is indicted...