Word: subpoenaing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that time, Federal Judge W. Arthur Garrity ordered the government to verify or deny wiretapping of Chomsky's line as a prerequisite to his being subpoenaed. The government failed to provide this information, and the subpoena was denied on October 29, lending "further credence to the fact that they had been tapping my phone," Chomsky said...
...probe had been halted on October 29 pending a ruling on a contention by Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) that attempts to subpoena two of his associates infringed upon his legislative immunity...
...purposes, local police and FBI offices regularly make it available to banks, insurance companies, and other government agencies, Neier said. In some cases, this is done on an informal reciprocal basis--the banks responding by willingly making available bank records of persons under investigation without the necessity of a subpoena. In many cases, however, the arrests records are used under legal requirements; as an example, a New York State law requires that all prospective employees of securities firms be checked against the arrest records. Neier concluded that as long as such a file is extant, it will be used...
They asked the court to quash Rodberg's subpoena and to provide in the future both a statement of "the purpose and scope of the government's inquiry" and "a list of witnesses in advance" so that the defense can determine which witnesses can claim legislative privilege...
...court then heard arguments on the Idella Marx appeal. Marx was convicted of contempt in the lower court after she refused, under subpoena, to answer grand jury questions even after she was granted immunity from prosecution...