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Samuel L. Popkin, assistant professor of Government, is an optimist...
...over a year, the Boston grand jury investigating the Pentagon Papers case has been chasing him for information. For over a year, through court battle after court battle. Popkin has managed to avoid both answering some of their questions and being sentenced to prison for civil contempt. And during the entire affair. Popkin has held that chances were good for his eventual and final success...
That optimism became more difficult to maintain this week, however, as the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Popkin to agree within 21 days to answer three questions before, the grand jury or face imprisonment. And this time, the problem was compounded by the court's pronouncement that it would grant no further stays of sentence while Popkin attempts to seek an opinion from a higher court...
...Popkin said last night that the new order is "neither a setback or a go-ahead. What they said shouldn't be seen as a plus or a minus: it's just that I have to face the problem again after a few months of peace...
...added that he and his attorneys would definitely file an appeal with the Supreme Court. Daniel Klubock, attorney for Popkin, said last night that the motion would "definitely come within the next 21 days...