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...stories, the information came from officials in the Justice Department and from other sources. The Vice President argues that these reports are bound to prejudice the grand jury and deprive him of a fair hearing. U.S. District Judge Walter E. Hoffman has authorized Mr. Agnew's lawyers to subpoena newsmen in order to find out who was responsible for the leaks. Members of TIME's staff, along with other journalists, have been served with such subpoenas...
...necessary for Mr. Agnew or the Justice Department to find out who was responsible for the leaks. In the attempt to identify those responsible, the newsmen under subpoena may be pressed to reveal their confidential sources. If so, we will resist. We take it for granted that journalists, like all other citizens, have a duty to uphold the law. But we also believe that a reporter should not be required to disclose confidential sources except in the most compelling circumstances, such as imminent danger of loss of life, or if the reporter had essential information on a violent crime...
...effect, Hoffman turned the hunted into the hunter. He gave Judah Best, Martin London and Jay Topkis-attorneys for a man who has not yet even been indicted-sweeping authority to subpoena Justice prosecutors, newsmen and anyone else they think may know about the leaks...
...order seems to be unprecedented. Nonetheless, "the judge had the discretion to do this," says Stanford Criminal Law Professor John Kaplan. "Any district-court judge has," because he has wide latitude in determining how the use of subpoena power will most effectively serve the court's interests...
Sterns called his subpoena "outrageous...