''Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds'' is a book by United States Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. The book contains anecdotes of difficulties people have had dealing with agencies of the US federal government. The book was released in 2012, and is published by Center Street, a main publishing division of

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. The forward to the book was written by Paul's father, Ron Paul.

Reception

In his review of ''Government Bullies'' for ''

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'', William Murchison wrote that Paul "never really ties things together with any artistry" and that the book is "more political barrage than academic rendering."

Plagiarism

Journalists discovered that ''Government Bullies'' contained passages that were copied from articles from the

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. Further investigation revealed another four instances of plagiarism from articles by Jonathan H. Adler,

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, and an article from Forbes. While citations were listed in the footnotes, the material was presented without quotes or indentation. Book publisher Center Street indicated that future printings would include attributions.

References

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