"The revelation that great chunks of this dossier were simply lifted from a Californian's post graduate thesis won't do much to build up confidence in the government at a time when it desperately needs to build up trust." (From Channel 4 British News)

Yup, I'd have to agree that my confidence level isn't exactly soaring. The dossier in question is the Downing Street dossier that apparently copied word-for-word from three other sources without acknowledging them. It was cited by Colin Powell's address to the United Nations Security Council. For more information, see Salon's Joe Conason's Journal.