Internet Sleuths Prove Qaddafi’s Son Plagiarized His PhD Thesis

[Very_Boring_Name]

http://gawker.com/#!5776064/internet-sleuths-prove-qaddafis-son-plagiarized-his-phd-thesis

Adrian Chen — Internet Sleuths Prove Qaddafi's Son Plagiarized His PhD ThesisThe director of the prestigious London School of Economics resigned today amidst a scandal over his and the school's shameful coziness with homicidal Libyan dictator Colonel Qaddafi. The LSE accepted nearly $2.5 million in donations from Qaddafi-run charitable foundations, which is bad enough. But it also gave Qaddafi's high-rolling son, Saif al-Islam, a PhD. in economics for what appears to be a plagiarized thesis.

The LSE is currently "investigating allegations that the thesis was plagiarized." But the Internet has already done most of the legwork for them. Some anonymous justice-seekers have set up a public wiki where anyone can highlight plagiarized passages in Saif Qaddafi's thesis. Simply download the thesis here, and start Googling.

Although you might be too late: Currently 17 passages have been revealed to be lifted almost wholesale from other sources, according to the Wiki. (Assuming the copy of the thesis is legit, which it seems to be, as it's hosted on his official wesbite.)

Full article, with examples of his plagiarizing: http://gawker.com/#!5776064/internet-sleuths-prove-qaddafis-son-plagiarized-his-phd-thesis

[Mojeoux]

1. Colleges and Universities have been able to check for Plagiarism for years!

Such BS. How smelly are all these Qiddafi connections? Who else is hoping they can hide and keep the money?



:popcorn:

[somone]

2. They should revoke his degree

[QC]

3. Has anyone run it through Turnitin?

That could be interesting.

[JCMach1]

4. London School of Economics has been caught with its pants down

oh and no lube!