"a standard which may be irrelevant in this case"
Hmmmm?
How irrelevant is it that the guy pulled a con job and lied about being an American Indian ..??
How irrelevant is it that the guy pulled a con job and lied about being in Vietnam ..??
Such rationales certainly cause thoughtful folks to reconsider the status given to tenure and academia in general, don't they?
I understand he was in Viet Nam. He operated a film strip projector for Special Services (the baseball mitt and golf course groomers).