Just another plagiarist

While it's a front-page article in the NY Times, the charge of plagiarism against a national politician is not new. The names of Rand Paul and Joe Biden come readily to mind. Today's politician who "confronts questions of plagiarism" is Senator John Walsh, recently appointed Democrat from Montana. 

The article contends that the final paper required for Mr. Walsh’s master’s degree from the United States Army War College seems to indicate that the senator appropriated at least a quarter of his thesis on American Middle East policy from other authors’ works, with no attribution. Most of the appropriations are word-for-word. When interviewed by the Times, Mr. Walsh said he did not believe he had done anything wrong. Here is one way of looking at his thesis:

The plagiarism is not Mr. Walsh's sole difficulty with the truth. His claim to have graduated from the University of Albany was refuted. He was denied a promotion from colonel to general in the National Guard because he urged other guardsmen to join a private advocacy group, the National Guard Association of the United States, in which he was seeking a leadership role.

A worthy Senator?