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Plagiarism Gate Scandal or Political Intrigue？张婷婷 /programs/view/aj43D8aIlYE/ The Economist Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg（古腾贝格） is Germany’s most dashing, refreshing and popular politician. He is also the most accident-prone. The 39-year-old defense minister has a reputation for straight talking and bold strokes. He admitted early on that German troops in Afghanistan（阿富汗） face warlike conditions, which in Germany counts as a daring confession, not a statement of the obvious. He ended conscription, a pillar of Germany’s post-war order, as part of a broader plan to make the armed forces leaner, more professional and more deployable. But the rising star from Bavaria（巴伐利亚）—Mr. zu Guttenberg belongs to the Christian Social Union, the Bavarian wing of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union—has stumbled into one political mess after another. There were questions about his role in disclosing the truth about a bloody air attack called in by German troops in Afghanistan (the top civil servant and the top general took the fall for that one). His handling of recent controversies—the death of a cadet aboard a training ship, an accidental shooting of a soldier in Afghanistan, and the opening of soldiers’ post—raised new doubts about his coolness under fire . Mr. zu Guttenberg seemed likely to survive these mishaps, helped by a general suspicion that his real offence is to have outshined his rivals. But now Mr. zu Guttenberg is embroiled in a scandal that he may not be able to blame on anyone else. Yesterday Süddeutsche Zeitung(南德日报), a newspaper, reported that parts of his 2006 doctoral thesis seemed to repeat passages by other authors without attribution. Constitution and Constitutional Treaty: Comparing Developments in the US and the EU apparently drew on articles in other newspapers, the US embassy website, even an essay by a former defense minister. Internet sleuths are gleefully crowd sourcing more examples. Mr. zu Guttenberg calls t