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Attorneys for the government and Samuel L. Popkin, assistant professor of Government argued Popkin's appeal yesterday before three justices of the First Circuit Court of Appeals...
...Popkin is appealing a March 29 decision in Federal District Court which found him in civil contempt for refusing to answer certain questions before a Boston grand jury investigating the distribution of the Pentagon Papers to the press...
Speculation exists among legal observers that previously denied motion by Popkin's attorneys that would have required the government to reveal the nature of any intercepted oral or wire communications may play an important part in the court's decision...
...Popkin, at the beginning of his grand jury appearance, stated that he had no knowledge of plans to publish or distribute the Pentagon Papers. Despite this, the brief--citing another court decision--says. "The Assistant United States Attorney embarked on a fishing expedition with questions, the answers to which might reveal further sources of information which, if pursued, might eventually lead to a pertinent inquiry...
...brief also claims that Garrity should not have denied a motion on Popkin's behalf that the government be required to file an affidavit specifying whether any electronic surveillance had been used to intercept telephone or oral conversations...