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douglas9

(4,358 posts)
Fri May 29, 2020, 12:14 PM May 2020

The DHS Inspector General Claimed to Have a Philosophy PhD. He Doesn't

The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general wants you to know he has the credentials to hold accountable a 240,000-person department responsible for keeping the country safe. Until Thursday, Joseph Cuffari’s official government bio stated, “Dr. Cuffari earned a Ph.D. in philosophy.”

That isn’t true.

Cuffari’s PhD from California Coast University is in management, and it was conferred by a school that was unaccredited at the time. In 2004, two years after Cuffari received the degree, the Government Accountability Office prominently featured California Coast University in a report on unaccredited “diploma mills” that required no classroom instruction and issued degrees for low flat fees.

Despite all this, Cuffari has regularly signed letters to Congress and the head of DHS as “Joseph V. Cuffari, Ph.D.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/05/the-dhs-inspector-general-claimed-to-have-a-philosophy-phd-he-doesnt/


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The DHS Inspector General Claimed to Have a Philosophy PhD. He Doesn't (Original Post) douglas9 May 2020 OP
Ph.D nykym May 2020 #1
Only the best people. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #2
This is just so many ways of WRONG leftieNanner May 2020 #3
So, basically, he only has a high school diploma. OneBro May 2020 #4
Trump appointees are not required to have an elementary education. SamKnause May 2020 #5

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
3. This is just so many ways of WRONG
Fri May 29, 2020, 12:23 PM
May 2020

My daughter worked her ASS off for five years to earn her PhD in Chemistry.

I'm glad he's being outed as a fraud. But that's probably a job requirement to work in this administration.

OneBro

(1,159 posts)
4. So, basically, he only has a high school diploma.
Fri May 29, 2020, 12:30 PM
May 2020

Actually, best to verify that he even has a high school diploma.

SamKnause

(13,101 posts)
5. Trump appointees are not required to have an elementary education.
Fri May 29, 2020, 12:53 PM
May 2020

Trump loves the uneducated.

Trump loves those who can't pass a background check.

Trump loves criminals.

All of this is intentional.

His goal is to destroy the federal government and pack the courts.

All that is required is supporting Trump and his agendas 100%.

It is a cult.

An evil cult.

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