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PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2012/07/27/alger-hiss-the-loss-of-china-and-the-obama-administrations-blindspot-toward-the-islamist-threat/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:36:59 -0400Alger Hiss, The "Loss" of China, and the Obama Administration's "Blindspot" Toward The Islamist Threat<![CDATA[When Andrew McCarthy drew a parallel between the treatment of State Department official (and Soviet spy) Alger Hiss in the 1940s and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s aide Huma Abedin Weiner today it reminded me of an interesting discovery from my own research, as documented in my history of the State Department, Secrets of State. As Andrew McCarthy notes, after Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy and convicted of perjury, Secretary of State Dean Acheson–a friend and colleague in his law firm of Hiss’s brother–defended the accused spy.]]>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:47:01 -0400<![CDATA[Barry Rubin]]>https://pjmedia.com/barry-rubin/2012/07/27/alger-hiss-the-loss-of-china-and-the-obama-administrations-blindspot-toward-the-islamist-threat-n133187