… a major Washington think tank has appointed the felled-by-plagiarism Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg a “distinguished statesman.” In response, the head of CSIS speaks of redemption, etc.
Ok, says McDuffee, but why so soon? The former German defense minister was only a few months ago found guilty of having plagiarized massive amounts of his PhD thesis.
UD is also struck by the suddenness of the appointment.
The ghostwritten, self-exculpating autobiography, for instance, has not yet appeared.