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134 / THE ALGER HISS TRIAL
Cross-Examination by the Prosecution
Headline from The Washington Post
For three days the prosecution questioned Binger, trying to show that his diagnosis was based on very little knowledge.
Q. Aren't you making this diagnosis without much information on his early childhood and adolescence? \» My diagnosis is based on thirty years of his behavior.
Q* Would a psychopath hold a ten-year job at Time? A* Working around the clock as Chambers did usually means an emotional disturbance. Q. Isn't being married for nineteen years and being the father of two children evidence of stable attachments?
A* It depends on the kind of attachment. Q. Is there any evidence that Chambers deliberately and vengefully hurt a friend?
A* I don't recall his mentioning any friends except Hiss.
Q. You said hiding the microfilm in the pumpkin was bizarre. What about the colonists hiding the Connecticut Charter from the British in an oak tree?
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