Public Interest
Feb. 20, 2004
Leave Peaceful Anti-War Activists Alone
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - Apparently for the first time since the dark days of J. Edgar Hoover, the government has tried to use the grand-jury process to harass and intimidate anti-war protesters. Drake University and four peace activists were subpoenaed to produce records about the National Lawyers Guild before a federal grand jury in Des Moines, Iowa. But in response to the Guild's opposition and widespread outrage throughout the country, the subpoenas were withdrawn Feb.
By Marjorie Cohn
Apparently for the first time since the dark days of J. Edgar Hoover, the government has trie...
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