Word: popkin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Samuel L. Popkin, assistant professor of Government, has filed a limited agreement to answer questions before a Boston grand jury investigating the production and distribution of the Pentagon Papers...
...intended to fulfill that court's order of October 13, which requires Popkin to agree in writing before November 19 to answer three questions before the grand jury...
...stipulation takes advantage of statements in a brief filed by the government in opposition to Popkin's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the appeals denied the stay last Friday...
...this does not seem likely. Popkin has fought for over a year to protect not only his sources, but the principle on which his ability to protect them stands. Even if the courts will not acknowledge the existence of scholarly privilege, Popkin has said frequently throughout his journey through the justice system that this privilege is a necessary part of his work...
Somewhere, a compromise exists. If, as seems likely, the case returns to District Court within the next week or two, perhaps the government's need to know and Popkin's need to protect can attempt to strike a new balance...