Government Bullies

Government Bullies
Author Rand Paul
Language English
Subject Politics
Published September 11, 2012
Pages 280 pp
ISBN 978-1-4555-2275-0
OCLC 788291823

Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds is a book by United States Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. The book contains anecdotes of difficulties people have had dealing with agencies of the US federal government.

The book was released in 2012, and is published by Center Street, a main publishing division of Hachette Book Group USA. The forward to the book was written by Paul's father, Ron Paul.[1]

Reception

In his review of Government Bullies for The Washington Times, William Murchison wrote that Paul "never really ties things together with any artistry" and that the book is "more political barrage than academic rendering."[2]

Plagiarism

Following revelations in November 2013 that Paul had plagiarized Wikipedia articles for two of his speeches, it was discovered that Government Bullies also contained passages that were copied verbatim from articles from right wing think tanks Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute.[3] Further investigation revealed another four instances of plagiarism from articles by Jonathan H. Adler and Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Timothy Sandefur. Another section of the book was discovered to be plagiarized from a Forbes article. Book publisher Center Street indicated that future printings would include attributions.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Kenny, Jack (October 22, 2012). "Senator Paul Takes On Government Bullies". The New American.
  2. ↑ Murchison, William (September 24, 2012). "BOOK REVIEW: ‘Government Bullies’". Washington Times.
  3. ↑ Trujillo, Mario (November 3, 2013). "Plagiarism charges against Paul pile up". The Hill.
  4. ↑ Kaczynski, Andrew (November 7, 2013). "More Instances Of Plagiarism In Rand Paul’s Book". BuzzFeed.
  5. ↑ Miller, Jake (November 7, 2013). "More plagiarism accusations against Sen. Rand Paul". CBS News.