Exactly! I haven't seen any Scott RItter interviews etc, so this is the first I've seen of him in a few years. My impression was that he's on a real EGO trip, and that the Iraqui's have stroked his ego (he admits that Iraqi-Americans funded him and have helped him get an "audience" with Husaain.
He tries to throw out his marine corp record etc as some defense, but he could not answer any questions directly and he did what all the slime "spokespeople" for the arabs usually do....they say .. Let me rephrase that question and ask this.
He defends the Iraqi's and questions our government...When put on the spot, and being asked about what the Iraqi VP directing Iraqi's to kill Americans everywhere, on their own soil, its their duty to kill us - he called that a quagmire !!!
He seems like he's lost it, really. His EGO, he's sold out - it doesn't add up. I think he is deluded enough to THINK he's an important player in all this, and he looked a bit stunned when the reporter basically said to him people are saying he's a traitor.
In 1998 he wrote: Meanwhile, Iraq has kept its entire nuclear weapons infrastructure intact through dual-use companies that allow the nuclear-design teams to conduct vital research and practical work on related technologies and materials, Iraq still has components (high-explosive lenses, initiators, and neutron generators) for up to four nuclear devices minus the fissle core (highly enriched uranium or plutonium), as well as the means to produce these.
So, if Mr. Ritter hasn't talked to anyone in intelligence for four years (his claim), what has changed his mind. Either he was lying in 1998 or he is lying now.
Furthermore, his dispute with Mr. Butler comes down to this... "I wrote Mr. Butler 4 memo's warning him about the dangers of spying... and he ignored me." So, Mr. Butler didn't listen to Mr. Ritter. Is that because Mr. Butler was spying, or because Mr. Ritter was wrong about Mr. Butler being a spy?
Mr. Ritter offered no proof of his claims. He said that he just knew Iraq wasn't a danger.