Hey, socialists DO believe in sharing, right?
The stories could just as easily be separate, but the “packing up the equipment” makes them sound suspiciously similar — especially with Layton announcing that he pushed this and other stories to Obama and Hillary Clinton. That would not be plagiarism per se, but it certainly would be dishonest. For a man running on his superior judgment and ethical purity, it puts him much closer to … well, Biden territory.