Doctored Doctorates

"Dr." Laura Callahan, a deputy CIO at the Homeland Security Department, apparently got her Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems from a diploma mill called Hamilton University.

Stringent requirements for the degree, as listed in the school's application material, include taking one open-book exam, writing a four page paper which will ?be referred to as a dissertation," and, oh yeah, ponying up $3,600 cash. Check or money order, no credit cards, please. Callahan is supposed to be in charge of "initiatives such as disaster management and Project SafeCom, a communications network linking first responders."