All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true EXCEPT that
A) Hiss served several years in prison.
B) classified documents allegedly stolen by Hiss were kept hidden by Chambers in a pumpkin.
C) the case cast suspicion on a generation of liberal Democrats.
D) Chambers was a former communist agent.
E) Hiss was convicted of espionage.

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Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury, not espionage. The conviction was based on allegations that he lied about passing documents to Whittaker Chambers, who was a confessed Communist and a key witness in the case. The espionage charges were not directly proven, leading to the perjury conviction instead.

All of the Following Statements Regarding the HUAC Investigation of Alger