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Have you read the @ForeignPolicy article but would like to dive further into the colorful world of Gorka's dissertation? Would you like to know more about the scholarly chops of the man just appointed to a four-year term on a defense education board?
Well, you're in luck! https://twitter.com/smsaideman/status/1283208808974753793
Well, you're in luck! https://twitter.com/smsaideman/status/1283208808974753793
The amazing @BeijingPalmer commissioned the @ForeignPolicy article after I started a multi-part deep dive into the dissertation (NB: while I cannot prove it, they self-destruct, I believe one of my tweets was the main originating vector for #GorkaDiagrams) https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/02/sebastian-gorkas-dissertation-part-i
I eventually wrote four blogposts (in addition to the article) on the diss. I must admit that – after hours of looking at references, trying to make sense of diagrams, and checking it for plagiarism – I left a lot of material on the cutting room floor. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/02/the-gorka-dissertation-part-ii
This might have been related to my untreated adult ADHD. It might have been the fact that I sometimes felt bad about scrutinizing a dissertation. My own had some major issues. But what kept me going was the knowledge that this charlatan was on the NSC. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/03/the-gorka-dissertation-part-iii
In Part III, which I linked to above, I discuss the murky issue of attribution in his dissertation. Part IV concluded the series. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/03/done-sebastian-v-gorkas-dissertation
Still, Part IV will always have a special place in my heart, as that's where Gorka showed up in the comments thread ("larvatus prodeo"). I have screenshots if those comments ever go away. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/03/done-sebastian-v-gorkas-dissertation
Here is a bonus post. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/08/another-episode-amazing-adventures-dr-sebastian-gorka-phd
And another. Alas, the full Twitter thread is no more. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/01/gorkas-gotta-gorka
And one last post. Enjoy. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/01/gorka-nunes-memo
