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[Whittaker Chambers, circa 1920s]
The website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recounted the conviction of Alger Hiss 63 years ago this month in its blog “A Byte Out of History.”
It characterizes the 18-month ordeal by stating, “The central issue of the trial was espionage.”
The [...]
Whittaker Chambers relative: Farm need not be open to public
[Editor's Note: Title suggested to Salon.com was "Creepin' 'Round My Door"; HNN has syndicated]
Chambers’ grandson suggests the author of a new book never visited the family farm; the historian confirms he did
BY DAVID CHAMBERS
Dr. Jon Wiener needs [...]
[260 Rochester Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, circa December 1948]
Not everyone in the family escaped after Whittaker Chambers defected from the Soviet underground in April 1938.
On November 17, 1948, Chambers returned for pre-trial examination with Alger Hiss. With him, he brought the “Baltimore Papers.” These papers formed the bulk and [...]
Alger Hiss and the Battle for History
Susan Jacoby
(New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009)
Susan Jacoby is a gifted writer. She is deft and light. As a grandchild of Whittaker Chambers (who was another gifted writer, if rarely so light), I looked forward to Alger Hiss and [...]
Comment on “Declassified Documents Reveal KGB Spies in U.S.” by Alex Kingsbury:
Mr. Kingsbury,
The Hiss Case was a bit more complicated than you say, and the results more conclusive.
During 1948, both Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers lied under oath, but the nature [...]
Your article “Trial’s Lesson: Just Take the Fifth” (Politics & Economics, March 7) may have stretched matters comparing the perjury cases of Lewis “Scooter” Libby and Alger Hiss. Following its logic, the statute of limitations always protected Mr. Hiss, so his only legal risk in [...]
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