Hiss, Alger (1904-1996)
Alger Hiss's life up to 1948 seemed, on the surface, to be an American success story. He attended Johns Hopkins and Harvard Law School and was a stellar student at both ...
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Alger Hiss
November 11, 1904 November 15, 1996
Accused Spy
Alger Hiss was a prominent public figure when he was accused, in 1939, of spying for the Soviets. His accuser was Whittaker Chambers, a not...
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A former U.S. State Department official, Alger Hiss (1904-1996) was indicted in 1948 and convicted in 1950 of having provided classified documents to an admitted Communist, Whittaker Chambers. Hiss be...
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Alger Hiss was a former State Department officer accused of having supplied the Soviet Union with classified information during World War II. Though Hiss denied the accusations that first became publi...
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A. Plan of investigation:
The primary goal of this investigation is to examine the extent of justice that resulted from the trial of "The United States of America vs. Alger Hiss" and how the trial ...
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A Russian researcher, delving anew into once-secret Soviet files from the Cold War, says she has found no evidence that Alger Hiss spied or that Soviet intelligence had any particular interest in h...
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Victor Rabinowitz, a lawyer who represented leftist causes and clients such as Alger Hiss, the Black Panthers, Fidel Castro and Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin, has died at 96.Rabinowitz di...
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National Security: Leftist academics are determined to rehabilitate the reputation of Alger Hiss, the high-level U.S. diplomat and Soviet spy. Time may have passed, but this case was settled a long...
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Today is Sunday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2007. There are 344 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 21, 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treaso...
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Security: The conviction of would-be dirty bomber Jose Padilla shows ordinary federal courts are capable of incarcerating terrorists who are U.S. citizens. But such proceedings still risk revealing...
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Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby began crafting a request for a new trial Wednesday as the Bush White House tried to knock down speculation about a pardon for the convicted former aide.Libby,...
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Victor RabinowitzNEW YORK (AP) — Victor Rabinowitz, a lawyer who represented leftist causes and clients such as Alger Hiss, the Black Panthers, Fidel Castro and Weather Underground member Kat...
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Once the closest adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted Tuesday of lying and obstructing a leak investigation that shook the top levels of the Bush administra...
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Hiss, Alger (1904-1996)
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Historical Investigation of the Alger Hiss Trial
Researcher adds to Alger Hiss debate
