Tony Blair, Colin Powell and the Case of the “Sexed Up” British.pptVIP

Tony Blair, Colin Powell and the Case of the “Sexed Up” British Intelligence Dossier A Linguistic Analysis by Dr. John P. Lesko Abstract Linguistic analysis of the plagiarism phenomenon reveals that plagiarized texts exhibit concealed instances of derivative language. Although not the primary authors of the intelligence reports in question, Tony Blair and Colin Powell represented the responsible figures associated with a plagiarism scandal which surfaced after the release of several government intelligence dossiers prior to the invasion of Iraq. Using data from this case of the “sexed up” in