Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Open Thread: February 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong
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Closest I know is "tu quoque".
That is pretty close. If I understand them right, I think the difference is:
Tu Quoque: X is also guilty of Y, (therefore Z).
False Equivalence: (X is also guilty of Y), therefore Z.
where the parentheses indicate the major location of error.