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Sheriff David Clarke's thesis deleted from school's website after plagiarism accusation
Down down with the pitchfork sheriffSheriff David Clarke's thesis deleted from school's website after plagiarism accusation
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/334423-sheriff-david-clarkes-thesis-deleted-from-schools-website-after
By Brandon Carter - 05/20/17 09:35 PM EDT
Sheriff David Clarkes masters thesis has been removed from the Naval Postgraduate School website after reports that he plagiarized sections of his thesis on homeland security.
CNN reported Sunday that Clarke, who said this week he has accepted a job as assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland security, had plagiarized portions of his masters thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
The report said that Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wis., used language from sources without properly attributing them or using quotation marks......................................
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Sheriff David Clarke's thesis deleted from school's website after plagiarism accusation (Original Post)
riversedge
May 2017
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)1. Take away his degree too.
dchill
(38,442 posts)2. He'll fit right in.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)3. He did this the Republican way.
procon
(15,805 posts)4. Unqualified seems to be the standard prerequisite for most of Trump's choices. nt
Permanut
(5,561 posts)5. No worries..
Winston Smith will be able to atraighten this out.
mark fromelko
(59 posts)6. He and Melania worked HARD on that Thesis!