Senator John Walsh (D-Montana) Plagiarized His Army War College Master's Thesis

This is mind-boggling to me --- and interesting too, since the Army War College materials draw overwhelmingly from international security studies in political science, my specialty field.

At the New York Times, "Senator’s Thesis Turns Out to Be Remix of Others’ Works, Uncited Senator: John Walsh Confronts Questions of Plagiarism":

WASHINGTON — Democrats were thrilled when John Walsh of Montana was appointed to the United States Senate in February. A decorated veteran of the Iraq war and former adjutant general of his state’s National Guard, Mr. Walsh offered the Democratic Party something it frequently lacks: a seasoned military man.

On the campaign trail this year, Mr. Walsh, 53, has made his military service a main selling point. Still wearing his hair close-cropped, he notes he was targeted for killing by Iraqi militants and says his time in uniform informs his views on a range of issues.

But one of the highest-profile credentials of Mr. Walsh’s 33-year military career appears to have been improperly attained. An examination of the final paper required for Mr. Walsh’s master’s degree from the United States Army War College indicates the senator appropriated at least a quarter of his thesis on American Middle East policy from other authors’ works, with no attribution.

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And the Times has some nifty graphics of the plagiarized thesis, "How Senator John Walsh Plagiarized a Final Paper" (via Memeorandum).