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I would have come to a clear conclusion, provided I could have figured the guy out. I do plan on writing a follow-up column within the next two weeks, so please continue watching this web site or intellectualconservative.com for that piece.

Thanks for saying the column is well written; something in the back of my mind is telling me Ritter has some sort of inferiority complex, and that when he's ignored, he's forced to go to larger and larger extremes to get the attention he desires. I'll have to give it some thought and write more later.

The WSJ calls him Baghdad Jane.

IMO Ritter is on Saddam's payroll. No one can "change their mind" so blatantly (and ineptly) without a real serious reason. Baksheesh is a well established Arab custom and hiding a million or two in Switzerland or elsewhere is very simple.

As a former Russian interpreter, I would recommend pursuing the role of his wife, Marina. She was an English interpreter from Georgia who met and married Scott, replacing wife #1. Given that most of her type are selected for competence and LOYALTY, and that Putin presently would love to continue Russian deals with Iraq, her Russian connection is of interest.

Further, a poster here ("Zviadist" - I assume the screen name was chosen based on some predilection for the former Georgian leader, Zviad Gamzakhurdia) claimed an acquaintance with Ritter and defended him vociferously.

Given the financial support we know of from Iraq, it seems Mr. Ritter is compromised emotionally and financially.

We must note, however, that in his address to the Iraqis, he did call in the assembly for the re-instituting of the inspection regime. That should be said in his defense (it went over like the proverbial screen door on a submarine).

This is a curious tale. I do not trust this former Marine at all. He should come clean...if he can do so and live to tell about it. Which is questionable.