Doreen Rappaport, The Alger Hiss Trial,
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Doreen Rappaport, The Alger Hiss Trial,
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E) e f e n s e W itnesses / 135 A* That was not bizarre because that took place over two hundred years ago in a very primitive community. Hiding microfilm in a pumpkin is not how a modern person behaves. The prosecution ridiculed Binger's analysis and his behavior in court. Q. Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison didn't dress very well either. Was this pathological? A. One must look at the whole picture of a person's personality. Q. I noticed you glanced at the ceiling fifty-nine times in fifty minutes. Is this a symptom of a psychopathic personality? A* Not alone. The prosecutor believed there were reasonable explanations for many of Chambers's actions. Q, When Chambers lied when he was a Communist, wasn't he acting like a soldier for a cause he believed in? A* I see it as another lie in a series of lies. Be tlie Jury Is Chambers mentally disturbed? Is it likely he is lying about Hiss?