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