Prof. Len van der Walt comes semi-clean at DI

[Little Arminius]

I think that Len owes the DL community a little bit more of an explanation than that.

Len got on board SRU at or near the ground floor, and you can't blame him for thinking he had a ride to the top.  

In fact, SRU did something that none of Klempner's mills or anyone else's ever did, which was achieve a legitimate claim to accreditation equivalency (at least for a while).  Again, hard to blame Len for thinking he had a hit on his hands there.

When things started getting sideways was when Len started losing credibility.  The fact that he didn't seem to realize things were getting sideways is more to his credit than not, in that he obviously knew a lot less about the situation than someone in the chain of command might have.  I don't think he was insincere in his beliefs at the time, just inadequately informed.  

So I don't know how a guy can do much more than he has done already.  Who hasn't stepped in crap at least once in their life?  

What he should be apologizing for is posting on a website that is a front for a gay boy pornographer.  He might be running out of wide-eyed, palms up, "who knew?" excuses.

Let's not forget that he was "rehabilitated" by none other than the master manipulator, Uncle Janko, with an assist from one of the biggest fakes, phony and frauds that I've encountered in DL, Carl Reginstein (Mike Bestul).

Len in a DD thread

Lennie and Uncle J

Len's other comments:

old DI thread

another old DI thread

The bottom line with Len is that there are only three possibilities:
1. Len was completely fooled by SRU, believed that were 100% legit and that he fooled them into giving him a position with them despite his complete lack of any academic qualifications. When he figured out that they were as phony as he was, he jumped ship.
2. Len believed that SRU was substandard but operating legally. Therefore an unqualified nobody like himself could claim an academic title and maybe put a few dollars (rand) in his pocket for going along with the charade. When he finally realized that the operation was illegal, he bailed out quickly.
3. Len went into it with his eyes wide open (knew it was all smoke and mirrors) but saw that they were pushing the envelope too far with the Liberian accreditation. His experience in dealing with African countries told him that any affiliation with Liberia was going to blow up so he went on record publicy noting that he had severed all ties with them.

None of the three possibilities reflect well on Len. Until such time that he gives a complete accounting of his role with SRU, I will continue to view him with great suspicion and distrust.