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...Popkin experienced first hand the irony of the situation, his attorneys held a hearing in chambers with Judge Bailey Aldrich of the First Circuit Court of Appeals and obtained a stay of sentence...
...Popkin, it was back to the investigative merry-go-round. He appeared before the grand jury once again on March 27, purging himself of his previous contempt by answering the three questions. At the same time, however, he refused to answer nine others. And, once again, the government moved to have him found in contempt...
Despite an opening statement by Popkin testifying that he had seen portions of the Pentagon Papers only after their publication in The New York Times and that he was not aware of any plans for publication or distribution, the grand jury repeatedly asked him about his involvement in both of these matters...
...Popkin's questions on the relevance of the line of inquiry were repeatedly rebuffed: "The grand jury does not answer questions...
Excluded from the hearing, reporters waited on the wooden benches of the bankruptcy court next door, analyzing the Crimson transcript. And as they waited, Popkin was again being found in contempt, and Massachusetts U. S. Attorney Joseph L. Tauro was walking rapidly to the courtroom from his office at the end of the hall with copies of the Crimson under...