August 13, 2004

Senators Question Aspiring Archivist

By KELLY FIELD

Members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee last month grilled Allen Weinstein, the Bush administration's nominee to be the national archivist, questioning his commitment to public-records access.

Mr. Weinstein, a former professor of history and international studies at Boston University, has been criticized for refusing to release the notes for his own books on Soviet espionage in the Stalin era and on Alger Hiss, the American government official accused of spying for the

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