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Feds Drop Subpoenas Against Drake & Peace Activists

HeadlineFeb 11, 2004

In Iowa, under public pressure federal prosecutors have reversed themselves and dropped a controversial subpoena that would have forced Drake University to hand over detailed information about who organized and attended an anti-war forum at the campus last November. The government has also dropped a subpoena for four anti-war activists to appear before a grand jury for questioning. Civil liberties attorneys said they had not seen such subpoenas since the 1950s during the McCarthy Era.

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