The Nation magazine is reporting that Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has written a letter to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to quash a book about to be published by University of California Press. The book, by scholar Norman Finkelstein, is called Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. It expands on a debate Finkelstein and Dershowitz had on Democracy Now! two years ago where Finklestein charged that Dershowitz had misrepresented Israel’s human rights record and had engaged in plagiarism Dershowitz vociferously denied the charges. The issue is gaining momentum with the release of an open letter by University of California Berkeley Professor Beshara Doumani urging the UC Press to ignore Dershowitz’s threats and publish the book in its agreed upon form In the Nation magazine Schwarzenegger’s legal advisor is quoted saying the governor will not intervene in issues of academic freedom.