Bought

These stories coming out about academics being paid by Kaddafi to help enhance his world profile are pretty repulsive.

It's one thing to be a PR firm or a lawyer or a defense contractor cashing in on blood money. It is morally questionable and likely corrupt. But at least their honest about who pays them. This smells worse. An academic - and academic institution - trades on their intellectual integrity and poses as speaking truth to power. What's perhaps even the most disappointing is these people worked for top notch institutions - LSE and Harvard - who seemingly wouldn't have to bottom feed for money. It just goes to show...

...actually, I don't know what it goes to show.