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==Mainstream opinion on Hiss==

==Mainstream opinion on Hiss==

"[T]oday [http://www.spymuseum.org/events/algerhiss all but a few diehards agree] that new historical evidence has vindicated Chambers," according to the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC: "Alger Hiss really was a Soviet spy." ''American History'' magazine agrees that "the preponderance of evidence does weigh heavily [http://www.historynet.com/magazines/american_history/3032686.html?page=4&c=y against Hiss]." The ''Federal Bar News & Journal'' adds, "Whittaker Chambers ... proved that Alger Hiss ... was a communist spy in the 1930s."<ref>John W. Berresford, "Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss: The Courts Decide," ''Federal Bar News & Journal'', Vol. 40 (February 1993), pp. 96-108</ref> ''Psychology Today'' online concludes, "Sadly for the many honest Americans who supported them, it now seems clear that Alger Hiss, [[Julius Rosenberg]], and [[Harry Dexter White]] really did what they were [http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/bozo-sapiens/200908/00-unamerican accused of]."

"[T]oday [http://www.spymuseum.org/events/algerhiss all but a few diehards agree] that new historical evidence has vindicated Chambers," according to the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC: "Alger Hiss really was a Soviet spy." "Nowadays, [http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4516-5542-1 few doubt] Alger Hiss (1904–1996) was a Soviet spy," agrees ''Publishers' Weekly.'' ''Kirkus Reviews'' summarizes:

''American History'' magazine reports that "the preponderance of evidence does weigh heavily [http://www.historynet.com/magazines/american_history/3032686.html?page=4&c=y against Hiss]." The ''Federal Bar News & Journal'' adds, "Whittaker Chambers ... proved that Alger Hiss ... was a communist spy in the 1930s."<ref>John W. Berresford, "Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss: The Courts Decide," ''Federal Bar News & Journal'', Vol. 40 (February 1993), pp. 96-108</ref> ''Psychology Today'' online concludes, "Sadly for the many honest Americans who supported them, it now seems clear that Alger Hiss, [[Julius Rosenberg]], and [[Harry Dexter White]] really did what they were [http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/bozo-sapiens/200908/00-unamerican accused of]."

''American Diplomacy'' reports that "[http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/archives_roll/2001_07-09/sempa_chambers/sempa_chambers.html most interested people] were finally persuaded that justice had been done by Allen Weinstein’s painstakingly researched book, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=YRyoAAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 Perjury]'', published in 1978."  ''Library Journal'' agrees, "beginning with Allen Weinstein's ''Perjury'', the scholarly consensus has been that Hiss was guilty."<ref>Edward A. Goedeken, "Social Science" (Review: ''The View From Alger's Window'' by Tony Hiss), ''[http://www.libraryjournal.com/ Library Journal]'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=RBvhAAAAMAAJ Vol. 124] (1999), p. 128</ref> ''American Heritage'' magazine editor Geoffrey C. Ward, (author of Ken Burns' PBS miniseries ''The Civil War'') concurs: "I believe the most dispassionate, step-by-step account of the Hiss case is still Allen Weinstein’s ''Perjury.''"<ref>Geoffrey C. Ward, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=LQUaAAAAYAAJ American originals: the private worlds of some singular men and women]'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 1991), ISBN 0060166940, p. 95</ref> Weinstein, a former [http://www.archives.gov/about/info/archivist-biography.html Archivist of the United States], started his research convinced that Chambers "had falsely accused Hiss of Communist ties and espionage."<ref>Allen Weinstein, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=i6l4AAAAMAAJ Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case]'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997), ISBN 0394495462, p. xvii</ref> With Hiss's cooperation and access to his [http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,918154,00.html attorneys' files], Weinstein set out "intending to prove Hiss's innocence," writes the former [http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300121988 chief of Soviet bloc counterintelligence] at the [[CIA]].<ref>Tennent H. Bagley, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Ng7myCguewAC Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games]'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2007) ISBN 0300121989, p. 273</ref> "But he was an honest man and the facts he found convinced him (as they do any reader of his book) that Hiss was guilty." On the basis of information he found in the files of Hiss's own attorneys, Weinstein concluded:

''American Diplomacy'' reports that "[http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/archives_roll/2001_07-09/sempa_chambers/sempa_chambers.html most interested people] were finally persuaded that justice had been done by Allen Weinstein’s painstakingly researched book, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=YRyoAAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 Perjury]'', published in 1978."  ''Library Journal'' agrees, "beginning with Allen Weinstein's ''Perjury'', the scholarly consensus has been that Hiss was guilty."<ref>Edward A. Goedeken, "Social Science" (Review: ''The View From Alger's Window'' by Tony Hiss), ''[http://www.libraryjournal.com/ Library Journal]'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=RBvhAAAAMAAJ Vol. 124] (1999), p. 128</ref> ''American Heritage'' magazine editor Geoffrey C. Ward, (author of Ken Burns' PBS miniseries ''The Civil War'') concurs: "I believe the most dispassionate, step-by-step account of the Hiss case is still Allen Weinstein’s ''Perjury.''"<ref>Geoffrey C. Ward, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=LQUaAAAAYAAJ American originals: the private worlds of some singular men and women]'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 1991), ISBN 0060166940, p. 95</ref> Weinstein, a former [http://www.archives.gov/about/info/archivist-biography.html Archivist of the United States], started his research convinced that Chambers "had falsely accused Hiss of Communist ties and espionage."<ref>Allen Weinstein, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=i6l4AAAAMAAJ Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case]'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997), ISBN 0394495462, p. xvii</ref> With Hiss's cooperation and access to his [http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,918154,00.html attorneys' files], Weinstein set out "intending to prove Hiss's innocence," writes the former [http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300121988 chief of Soviet bloc counterintelligence] at the [[CIA]].<ref>Tennent H. Bagley, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Ng7myCguewAC Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games]'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2007) ISBN 0300121989, p. 273</ref> "But he was an honest man and the facts he found convinced him (as they do any reader of his book) that Hiss was guilty." On the basis of information he found in the files of Hiss's own attorneys, Weinstein concluded: