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The Unfinished Story of Alger Hiss

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A very interesting investigation authored by a 1950s-era journalist attempting to demonstrate the innocence of Alger Hiss - a former important US State Department official who was accused of communist subversion and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union. Author insists that the case against Hiss was never adequately proven and that insufficient documentation and testimony was brought forth ... Read more

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A very interesting investigation authored by a 1950s-era journalist attempting to demonstrate the innocence of Alger Hiss - a former important US State Department official who was accused of communist subversion and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union. Author insists that the case against Hiss was never adequately proven and that insufficient documentation and testimony was brought forth
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Mark Lane tried the only U.S. court case in which the jurors concluded that the CIA plotted the murder of President Kennedy, but there was always a missing piece: How did the CIA control cops and secret service agents on the ground in Dealey Plaza? How did federal authorities prevent the House Select Committee on Assassinations from discovering the truth about the complicity of the CIA?Now, New ... Read more

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