White House Aide Accused of Plagiarism (and a great response from a reader of SFGate)

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White House Aide Accused of Plagiarism
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent

Friday, February 29, 2008


A White House aide accused of plagiarism was chastised Friday and his actions were criticized as unacceptable. Timothy Goeglein, who has worked for President Bush since 2001, was accused of lifting material from a Dartmouth College publication and presenting it as his own work in a column about education for The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind.

"His behavior is not acceptable and we are disappointed in Tim's actions," White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore said. "He is offering no excuses and he agrees it was wrong."

Asked if he would keep his job, she said, "At this point we have nothing more for you on that."

She said officials were looking into allegations that Goeglein had plagiarized other material. The News-Sentinel said it had found at least two other cases. Goeglein's action was brought to light in a posting by a blogger, Nancy Nall.

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and under comments at SFGate...

ferrethead wrote:
No surprise here - they still haven't thanked Erich Froemm (George Orwell) for providing the framework for this Administration - "1984".

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