May 24, 2023
Robert
Stripling & Richard Nixon
Everyone always asks about the topic of this Podcast #21:
“What was in the secret State Department documents?” These
are the 126 pages that Chambers introduced as the last documents
that Hiss gave him. State Department men authenticated them
as copies (or summaries or excerpts) of...
May 17, 2023
Lloyd Paul Stryker, Hiss's Defense Atty
(Digital Commons)
Whittaker Chambers, and then his wife Esther, testify in
court. Both their direct testimonies were rocky due to
Stryker’s objections and Judge Kaufman’s rulings. Their
cross-examinations by Stryker were brutal. Chambers sat there and
passively took blow...
May 10, 2023
Pic: Prosecutor Thomas
Murphy
In this Podcast, I deliver, in my best courtroom voice, short
versions of Prosecutor Murphy’s down-to-earth opening statement for
the government and Lloyd Paul Stryker’s incandescent overture for
the Hiss defense. See which one you think is more impressive
— Murphy’s calm,...
May 3, 2023
Federal Courthouse, NY, 1938
This is a short podcast to acquaint you with the actors about
to come on stage in the drama of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers.
They are the government Prosecutor Thomas Murphy, Hiss’s principal
defense lawyer Lloyd Paul Stryker, Judge Samuel Kaufman, and the
jury.
Additional...
Apr 26, 2023
Pic: Library of CongressAlger Hiss is going on trial for perjury. This Podcast
is a survey, at 23,000 feet, of the possible arguments for The
Prosecution and for The Hiss Defense. Of each side’s possible
arguments, which are strong and which are weak? This may be
of special interest to real trial lawyers, or to...