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On August 14th 1948, Harry Dexter White appeared before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] to defend his reputation. White, though recovering from a series of heart attacks, stoutly proclaimed his lifelong commitment to the principles of democracy and the ideals of Roosevelt's New Deal. He died of a heart attack three days later.

On August 14th 1948, Harry Dexter White appeared before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] to defend his reputation. White, though recovering from a series of heart attacks, stoutly proclaimed his lifelong commitment to the principles of democracy and the ideals of Roosevelt's New Deal. He died of a heart attack three days later.

In a memorandum dated 15 October 1950 White was conclusively identified in the [[Venona]] papers as a Soviet agent code named "Jurist". <ref>Posthumous [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/FBI_Memorandum_identifying_Harry_Dexter_White_as_agent_Jurist| FBI Memorandum conclusively identifies Harry Dexter White as KGB Agent Jurist] (1950).</ref>Venona cyphers quote him as saying he was willing for any self-sacrifice on behalf of the [[MGB]], but was afraid that his activities, if exposed, might lead to a political scandal and have an effect on the 1944 Presidential election. In 1953 [[J. Edgar Hoover]] convinced [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Herbert Brownell, Jr.|Brownell]] that White was a spy. White's bronze bust was ignominiously removed to the IMF's basement.

In a memorandum dated 15 October 1950 White was [[conclusive]]ly identified in the [[Venona]] papers as a Soviet agent code named "Jurist". <ref>Posthumous [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/FBI_Memorandum_identifying_Harry_Dexter_White_as_agent_Jurist| FBI Memorandum conclusively identifies Harry Dexter White as KGB Agent Jurist] (1950).</ref>Venona cyphers quote him as saying he was willing for any self-sacrifice on behalf of the [[MGB]], but was afraid that his activities, if exposed, might lead to a political scandal and have an effect on the 1944 Presidential election. In 1953 [[J. Edgar Hoover]] convinced [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Herbert Brownell, Jr.|Brownell]] that White was a spy. White's bronze bust was ignominiously removed to the IMF's basement.

In 1953, Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] and Attorney General [[Herbert Brownell, Jr.]] alleged that Truman had known White was a Soviet spy when he appointed him to the IMF. <ref>[http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,823119,00.html Time Magazine, ''The White Case Record'', Nov. 30, 1953].</ref>However, this has now been refuted by declassified documents through the [[Freedom of Information Act]] which attest President Truman and the White House had not known of the existence of the Venona project. <ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/moynihan/foreword.html Chairman's Forward, Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy] (1997).</ref> Long after his death, the Justice Department publicly disclosed the existence of [[incontrovertible evidence|conclusive evidence]] confirming White had indeed been involved in espionage activities. White's family however, still protests his innocence.

In 1953, Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] and Attorney General [[Herbert Brownell, Jr.]] alleged that Truman had known White was a Soviet spy when he appointed him to the IMF. <ref>[http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,823119,00.html Time Magazine, ''The White Case Record'', Nov. 30, 1953].</ref>However, this has now been refuted by declassified documents through the [[Freedom of Information Act]] which attest President Truman and the White House had not known of the existence of the Venona project. <ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/moynihan/foreword.html Chairman's Forward, Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy] (1997).</ref>  

The 1997 [[bipartisan]] [[Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy]], chaired by Senator [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], states in its findings,

The 1997 [[bipartisan]] [[Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy]], chaired by Senator [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], states in its findings,