Word: popkin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Judge Garrity denied Popkin's motion, ordering him to appear before the grand jury. After declining to answer the first three questions--"Do you know Daniel Ellsberg?", "Do you read the New York Times?" and "What Boston publications do you read?"--he was released from further testimony...
When first subpoenaed last August, Popkin attempted to quash the order by means of a similar argument. He contended that in keeping with the "Caldwell principle," his academic contacts with Ellsberg, an M.I.T. research associate, should be kept private. Earl Caldwell is a New York Times reporter whom a federal court recently excused from grand jury testimony, allowing him to protect confidential sources...
...time of Popkin's dismissal, several observes suggested that the government's action constituted an admission that they themselves did not know what they wanted to find out from Popkin, and that they were engaged in a "fishing expedition" to obtain evidence...
Following this line of reasoning, Popkin has been subpoenaed for a second time because government prosecutors have now discovered which questions they might profitably...
William P. Homans Jr., Popkin's lawyer, last night suggested an additional rationale for the second subpoena: following the ruling on Rodberg and Falk, the government can now proceed undaunted in its efforts to widen the jury's scope and power...