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DoJ drops antiwar group subpoenas
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:00:56 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:54:36 -0500 From: Steve Bellovin <smb () research att com> Subject: DoJ drops antiwar group subpoenas To: dave () farber net http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/11/national/11PROT.html Subpoenas on Antiwar Protest Are Dropped By MONICA DAVEY Published: February 11, 2004 DES MOINES, Feb. 10 -- Facing growing public pressure from civil liberties advocates, federal prosecutors on Tuesday dropped subpoenas that they issued last week ordering antiwar protesters to appear before a grand jury and ordering a university to turn over information about the protesters. The protesters, who had said they feared that the unusual federal inquiry was intended to silence and scare people who disagreed with government positions, declared victory. "We made them want to stop," Brian Terrell, executive director of the Catholic Peace Ministry here and one of four protesters who received subpoenas, told a crowd at the federal courthouse. "We're here to make them want to never let it happen again." Representatives of the United States attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Stephen Patrick O'Meara, declined to comment on what prompted the reversal. Mr. O'Meara's spokesman, Al Overbaugh, said he could not comment on information related to grand jury subpoenas. ... --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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