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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." "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:

"[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:

{{cquote|Hiss, a committed New Dealer, as many communists were, met [Whittaker] Chambers when he was recruited during the mid ’30s into the so-called Ware Group, a communist cell in Washington, D.C. As a high-placed government lawyer, Hiss had access to [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christina-shelton/alger-hiss/#review classified information and passed it] to Chambers, who had the documents copied then delivered to his Soviet superior.}}

{{cquote|Hiss, a committed New Dealer, as many communists were, met [Whittaker] Chambers when he was recruited during the mid ’30s into the so-called Ware Group, a communist cell in Washington, D.C. As a high-placed government lawyer, Hiss had access to classified information and passed it to Chambers, who had the documents copied then delivered [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christina-shelton/alger-hiss/#review to his Soviet superior].}}

''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 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]."