Russell Richardson; stolen smarts
Pat sends us a link to the Stars & Stripes about Russell Richardson, who spent a few years as a defense contractor before taking a job with DoD as a science adviser based on his phony educational credentials;
Russell Richardson, who earned a master’s degree from Ohio State University in 1984, says he never sought to misrepresent his credentials. Yet from 2003 to as recently as September, Richardson consistently has been characterized in news stories, company websites and his own internal Army resume as having a doctorate.
“Somebody put it on a document,” Richardson said. “People have always thought it. I haven’t tried to actively go out and correct it. … I agree I should have fixed the public record better.”
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Army spokesman MyRon Young said Richardson did not claim a Ph.D. in his formal application for the job of science adviser. However, once in the job, Richardson introduced himself as “Dr. Richardson” and passed out documents listing himself as “Dr.,” according to three Army officials who were not authorized to discuss a personnel matter by name and requested anonymity. All said it was commonly believed at INSCOM that Richardson was a Ph.D.
Richardson responded, “I never introduce myself as ‘Dr.’ Never, ever. … I never represented that I had a Ph.D.”
He sounds just like the military phonies who say that they never claimed to secret squirrels or whatever – it’s everyone else’s fault. I’ll bet if they dig deeper, they’ll find other crap he’s done like our phonies.
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Hmm. “Show me where I claimed to have a [insert decoration or badge here]. Someone else said that.” Now, WhErE hAvE wE hEaRd ThAt BeFoRe?
“I never introduce myself as ‘Dr.’ Never, ever. … I never represented that I had a Ph.D.” LIAR!
AND
“Somebody put it on a document,”
Oh I know, your daughter or granddaughter did it as a family joke. Yea heard that one before too. Dr. NOT!!!
Somebody put it on a document,” Richardson said.
Was that somebody YOU, Richardson?
“People have always thought it.”
What people? Name three and then give us your very best guess as to why they thought that.
“I haven’t tried to actively go out and correct it.”
Go out where? Is your laptop or pc/mac far away? How about your cell phone or a land line? Please estimate the number of miles between you and your cell phone when off work, and you and your work phone when on the job.
What’s next, an “a hacker did it” excuse?
Not just hackers. Time traveling hackers!
Gotta be on the look out for those souped up deloreans.
Maybe he should have gotten his “Evil Ph.D” this would not have happened.
The Stars and Strips further reported that Richardson made millions as an Army intelligence contractor before taking a six-figure federal job in 2012 as science adviser to the Army’s intelligence and security command, or INSCOM. Before he left the government in July, he was the architect of a failed effort to fix the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System, a troubled intelligence program.
I wonder how that worked out for the DoD?
He could have at least purchased his “PhD” from a diploma mill joint like Cheavyliar did.