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...both sides to examine secret information gathered by the Kahan commission, TIME had sought access to testimony collected by the commission's investigators that, it contended, could support its case. Sofaer last week received permission from the Israeli government to release a letter to the court from Haim Zadok, the attorney who acted on TIME's behalf. According to Zadok, a former Israeli Minister of Justice, he was not allowed to see information gathered by the investigators, who had the power to summon witnesses and require them to testify. Zadok also said that after inspecting those documents he was permitted...
...meeting with Kahan took place in a conference room in the offices of Prime Minister Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 6. Time Inc. was represented by Haim Zadok, a former Israeli Minister of Justice; Sharon was represented by Dov Weisglass, a Tel Aviv lawyer. At the outset of the examination, Zadok learned that he would not be permitted to see testimony gathered by the commission's investigators, who had the power to subpoena witnesses and require them to testify...
...Zadok immediately protested and subsequently wrote a letter expressing his objections to that restriction. "This was no fishing expedition," explained Harry Johnston, general counsel for the Time Inc. Magazine Group. "At that late stage, Time was looking for specific testimony that it thought would help its case...
...Guttman did so was he told that the Israeli Attorney General had decided to make public Kahan's answers, which concluded that Appendix B and other documents examined did not contain "any evidence or suggestion" that Sharon had discussed revenge with the Phalangists. The government, however, refused to release Zadok's letter of reservations. As far as Time Inc. was concerned, this was a clear breach of its understanding that the findings would be transmitted in confidence to Judge Sofaer...
...Zadok's letter continued to be embroiled in disputes last week. On Wednesday, Judge Sofaer asked reporters and spectators to leave the courtroom while he read Zadok's reservations to the jury. Attorneys representing various news organizations appeared before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals the next day to challenge Sofaer's decision to close the courtroom. "Does Judge Sofaer have the power to make an agreement with a foreign country that bars the American public from an American trial?" asked Floyd Abrams, a well-known First Amendment lawyer. The appeals court decided to reserve judgment on the case...