In 1948, a shocking testimony ignited one of the greatest American spy scandals
A high-stakes confrontation before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1948 turned a former Soviet courier against a high-ranking U.S. official, launching a scandal that defined the Cold War era.
On August 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers, a senior editor at Time magazine and former Communist, testified that former State Department official Alger Hiss had been a member of an underground communist network. Hiss, who had helped draft the UN Charter, vehemently denied the charges, leading to a dramatic legal battle that captivated the American public.
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