All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true EXCEPT that
A) Chambers was a former communist agent.
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) Hiss was convicted of espionage.
E) Hiss served several years in prison.

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Alger Hiss was not convicted of espionage during the HUAC investigation. He was only convicted of perjury for lying about passing classified documents to Whittaker Chambers.

All of the Following Statements Regarding the HUAC Investigation of Alger