Word: subpoenaing
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Both affidavits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in support of a motion to quash a Federal grand jury subpoena served on Chomsky. The grand jury Chomsky was called before is officially investigating the release and distribution of the Pentagon Papers...
Chomsky moved to quash his subpoena on the grounds that his mere appearance before the grand jury would jeopardize his work as an independent scholar-journalist by weakening his ability to guarantee confidentiality to his sources of information. Like two other subpoenaed witnesses--Richard Folk, professor of international law at Princeton and Leonard S. Rodberg, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and an aide to Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska)--Chomsky argued that his forced appearance would thus violate the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press...
Federal judge W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., before whom Chomsky's "case" has been argued, has rejected the First Amendment argument as grounds for quashing Chomsky's subpoena. Apparently, he does not feel that Chomsky's sources of information would be jeopardized by his appearance before the grand jury...
...Linguistics at MIT, were also scheduled to appear for questioning yesterday. Popkin did not appear because his attorney was unable to accompany him and will appear today, instead. Chomsky was released from questioning pending a court hearing, which will take place today, on his motion to have his subpoena quashed...
Falk's hearing will continue this morning at 9:30 a.m. Federal Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr., will also hear arguments on a motion filed by Idella Marx. Ellsberg's mother-in-law, who is seeking release from her subpoena...