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The article reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals has avoided the issue of whether a scholar can refuse confidential information from research to a grand jury. Samuel Popkin was questioned about the leaking of the "Pentagon Papers;" he pleaded First Amendment protection of freedom of press. The court decided that freedom of press did not apply to non-sources and asked Popkin to answer some questions but not others.

The article reports on the hearing of a lawsuit filed against Samuel L. Popkin, faculty member of a Harvard University, for his denial to reveal relevant information required by the grand jury investigating the public release of the Pentagon papers. He refused to provide information he obtained during the course of his scholarly studies. He along with two other professors claimed that scholars should be allowed, under law, to protect confidential information from public disclosure.

The article reports on Harvard University faculty council's adoption of a resolution urging the federal government to exercise restraint in subjecting scholars to questioning before grand juries in the U.S. Samuel L. Popkin, member of the department of government, questioned by the federal grand jury investigating the leak of the Pentagon Papers to the press.

The article reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of Samuel L. Popkin, an assistant professor of government at Harvard University. Popkin was imprisoned last year for refusing to respond to a federal grand jury's questions about his sources of information on the Pentagon Papers. Therefore, the U.S. Court of Appeals' ruling under which Popkin was incarcerated remains in effect.

The article discusses the release of Vietnam scholar Samuel L. Popkin, who was sentenced to eighteen months in jail for refusing to comply with federal grand jury inquiries over the Pentagon Papers. He only served about one week of his sentence. The case represents the sensitivity of academic research into government activities.

The article presents educational news briefs. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to delay a judgment against Harvard University assistant political science professor Samuel L. Popkin for refusing to answer questions about the release of the Pentagon Papers. The article discusses the investigation into allegations that the U.S. Office of Education was subject to political influence in making contracts and grants for education projects.