Binger's wife was a college classmate of Alger Hiss's future wife Priscilla at
Bryn Mawr College. Binger himself was a friend of Louis Weiss, brother of
Carol Weiss King. King was a member of the
International Juridical Association, of which Hiss (and several others in the
Ware group had been a member. On August 17, 1948,
The New York Times interviewed Binger during a conference on mental health and reported: In the 1949
Alger Hiss trials, Binger served as a defense witness by analyzing
Whittaker Chambers's activities, writings, and behavior during trial but without ever meeting or interviewing him. {{cite book {{cite book In his testimony with Hiss's lead attorney Claude Cross, the following exchange occurred: {{blockquote|CROSS: What is your opinion, Dr. Binger, of the mental condition of Mr. Chambers? BINGER: I think Mr. Chambers is suffering from a condition known as psychopathic personality, which is a disorder of character, of which the outstanding features are behavior of what we call an amoral or an asocial and delinquent nature. CROSS: Will you define for us, Doctor, what you mean by amoral and asocial? BINGER: I mean that amoral behavior is behavior that does not take account the ordinary accepted conventions of morality; and asocial behavior is behavior which has not regard for the good of society and of individuals, and is therefore frequently destructive of both. CROSS: Is psychopathic personality a recognized mental disease? BINGER: It is... CROSS: Will you tell us, Dr. Binger, what some of the symptoms of a psychopathic personality are? BINGER: Well, they are quite variegated. They include chronic, persistent and repetitive lying; they include stealing; they include acts of deception and misrepresentations; they include alcoholism and drug addiction; abnormal sexuality; vagabondage; panhandling; inability to form stable attachments; and a tendency to make false accusations. {{cite book {{cite book ==Personal and death==