For the followers of these characters, this latest Bootneck to emerge as not a genuine cabbage-head is laughable if it was not so serious. Read of our own at http://home.earthlink.net/~rggsibiba/html/castleshort/castleshort.html or at http://www.gunga-din.co.uk/
Editorial: Hiring 'Walter Mitty' figure beyond belief
It is not uncommon for job-hunters to succumb to temptation and doctor their curricula vitae.
Usually, this involves ratcheting up a university degree or overstating a former salary. When the job in question is run of the mill, no obvious harm may be done.
Mr Wilce resigned this week after allegations that he falsified his CV. He had been the subject of an inquiry since a complaint from a whistleblower in July. For five years he had headed the agency, which advises the military and the Government on technology and scientific matters.
He was also, according to comments that he made to a reporter posing as a recruitment consultant, the holder of a distinguished military record with the Royal Marines and a member of the British Olympic bobsleigh team in the 1980s.
Earlier this year, another senior public servant, Immigration Service head Mary Anne Thompson, was fined $10,000 and ordered to do 100 hours of community work for falsely claiming to hold a doctorate from the London School of Economics.
Read more at www.nzherald.co.nz
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