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Hiss was sentenced to two concurrent five-year terms in [http://www.orwelltoday.com/hisscuffs2.jpg federal prison]. Secretary of State Dean Acheson provoked outrage by commenting, "Whatever the outcome of any appeal which Mr. Hiss or his lawyer may take, I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss." Eleanor Roosevelt added to the furor with her comment, "It seems rather horrible to condemn someone on the word of someone else who admits to guilt." ''Time'' magazine commented that she "obviously had not been paying much attention," being "unaware of, or [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811795,00.html determined to ignore], the [[corroborating evidence]] introduced by the Government."

Hiss was sentenced to two concurrent five-year terms in [http://www.orwelltoday.com/hisscuffs2.jpg federal prison]. Secretary of State Dean Acheson provoked outrage by commenting, "Whatever the outcome of any appeal which Mr. Hiss or his lawyer may take, I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss." Eleanor Roosevelt added to the furor with her comment, "It seems rather horrible to condemn someone on the word of someone else who admits to guilt." ''Time'' magazine commented that she "obviously had not been paying much attention," being "unaware of, or [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811795,00.html determined to ignore], the [[corroborating evidence]] introduced by the Government."

By that June, the U.S. Army was persuaded that [http://www.gpo.gov/congress/commissions/secrecy/pdf/12hist1.pdf Ales was Hiss]. General of the Army Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, informed President Truman that Venona had "positively identified" Hiss and [[Harry Dexter White]] as Soviet agents.<ref>Jerrold and Leona Schecter, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=M2pbieYYHrYC Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History]'' (Washington, DC: Brassey's Inc., 2002) ISBN 1574885227, p. 149</ref> According to Bradley, Truman said, "That G&mdash;D&mdash; stuff. Every time it bumps into us it gets bigger and bigger. It's likely to take us down."<ref>William Rusher, "[http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1375/article_detail.asp A Closer Look Under The Bed]," ''Claremont Review of Books'', Fall 2004</ref>

By that June, the U.S. Army was persuaded that [http://www.gpo.gov/congress/commissions/secrecy/pdf/12hist1.pdf Ales was Hiss]. General of the Army Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, informed President Truman that Venona had "positively identified" Hiss and [[Harry Dexter White]] as Soviet agents.<ref>Jerrold and Leona Schecter, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=M2pbieYYHrYC Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History]'' (Washington, DC: Brassey's Inc., 2002) ISBN 1574885227, p. 149</ref> According to Bradley, Truman said, "That G&mdash;D&mdash; stuff. Every time it bumps into us it gets bigger and bigger. It's likely to [http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1375/article_detail.asp take us down]."

Hiss appealed, but in December 1950 his conviction was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals.<ref>[http://www.mdhs.org/library/Mss/ms002504.html Alger Hiss Collection, 1934-1979], Library of Maryland History, Maryland Historical Society; [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hissappellate.html ''United States v Alger Hiss'', 185 F. 2d 822] (Second Circuit Court of Appeals, December 7, 1950)</ref> The [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] twice denied him ''certiorari'',<ref>Asked if they had “one shred” of evidence to back their thesis in seeking a new trial, the Hiss lawyers answered, “No, your Honor.” Ralph de Toledano, "[http://www.mmisi.org/ma/22_04/toledano.pdf Towards a Higher Imperative]," ''Modern Age'', Fall 1978, p. 412 (PDF p. 1)</ref> and denied his repeated petitions for a writ of error ''coram nobis'',<ref>The Supreme Court refused to hear Hiss' appeal three times, the last time in 1983. (Sam Tanenhaus, "[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/hiss--guilty-as-charged-8090 Hiss: Guilty as Charged]," ''Commentary, April 1993)</ref> orchestrated by long-time Communist Party member<ref>Rabinowitz claimed to have joined the Party in 1942, adding "There was no formal act marking the end of the relationship.... though I continued to meet with party members to discuss both political and legal matters for many years thereafter." (Victor Rabinowitz, ''Unrepentant Leftist: A Lawyer's Memoir'' [Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1996] ISBN 025202253X, pp. 73, 87). Rabinowitz' law partner (representing Cuba's Communist Castro regime) was Leonard Boudin, father of convicted Weather Underground terrorist Kathy Boudin (Michael Law, [http://lawvibe.com/leftist-lawyer-victor-rabinowitz-passes-away-at-96/ Leftist Lawyer Victor Rabinowitz Passes Away at 96], Law Vibe: International Law News, November 21, 2007), whose son was adopted and raised by William Ayers (Jodi Wilgoren, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/us/from-a-radical-background-a-rhodes-scholar-emerges.html?pagewanted=all From a Radical Background, A Rhodes Scholar Emerges]," ''The New York Times'', December 9, 2002), political booster of Barack Obama (Scott Shane, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04ayers.html?pagewanted=all Obama and ’60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths]," ''The New York Times'', October 3, 2008).</ref> Victor Rabinowitz.<ref>Eric Breindel, "[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+faithful+traitor:+Alger+Hiss%27s+refusal+to+recant+helped+create...-a019100539 The faithful traitor: Alger Hiss's refusal to recant helped create the myth of his innocence]," ''National Review'', February 10, 1997</ref> Hiss served 44 months of his five-year sentence in Lewisburg Federal Prison.

Hiss appealed, but in December 1950 his conviction was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals.<ref>[http://www.mdhs.org/library/Mss/ms002504.html Alger Hiss Collection, 1934-1979], Library of Maryland History, Maryland Historical Society; [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hissappellate.html ''United States v Alger Hiss'', 185 F. 2d 822] (Second Circuit Court of Appeals, December 7, 1950)</ref> The [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] twice denied him ''certiorari'',<ref>Asked if they had “one shred” of evidence to back their thesis in seeking a new trial, the Hiss lawyers answered, “No, your Honor.” Ralph de Toledano, "[http://www.mmisi.org/ma/22_04/toledano.pdf Towards a Higher Imperative]," ''Modern Age'', Fall 1978, p. 412 (PDF p. 1)</ref> and denied his repeated petitions for a writ of error ''coram nobis'',<ref>The Supreme Court refused to hear Hiss' appeal three times, the last time in 1983. (Sam Tanenhaus, "[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/hiss--guilty-as-charged-8090 Hiss: Guilty as Charged]," ''Commentary, April 1993)</ref> orchestrated by long-time Communist Party member<ref>Rabinowitz claimed to have joined the Party in 1942, adding "There was no formal act marking the end of the relationship.... though I continued to meet with party members to discuss both political and legal matters for many years thereafter." (Victor Rabinowitz, ''Unrepentant Leftist: A Lawyer's Memoir'' [Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1996] ISBN 025202253X, pp. 73, 87). Rabinowitz' law partner (representing Cuba's Communist Castro regime) was Leonard Boudin, father of convicted Weather Underground terrorist Kathy Boudin (Michael Law, [http://lawvibe.com/leftist-lawyer-victor-rabinowitz-passes-away-at-96/ Leftist Lawyer Victor Rabinowitz Passes Away at 96], Law Vibe: International Law News, November 21, 2007), whose son was adopted and raised by William Ayers (Jodi Wilgoren, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/us/from-a-radical-background-a-rhodes-scholar-emerges.html?pagewanted=all From a Radical Background, A Rhodes Scholar Emerges]," ''The New York Times'', December 9, 2002), political booster of Barack Obama (Scott Shane, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04ayers.html?pagewanted=all Obama and ’60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths]," ''The New York Times'', October 3, 2008).</ref> Victor Rabinowitz.<ref>Eric Breindel, "[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+faithful+traitor:+Alger+Hiss%27s+refusal+to+recant+helped+create...-a019100539 The faithful traitor: Alger Hiss's refusal to recant helped create the myth of his innocence]," ''National Review'', February 10, 1997</ref> Hiss served 44 months of his five-year sentence in Lewisburg Federal Prison.