FBI GETTING ON U.N. PERV'S CASE

New York Post ^ | 1/26/03 | ADAM MILLER

[kattracks]

January 26, 2003 -- The FBI is getting the sealed records of ex-U.N. arms inspector Scott Ritter's Internet kiddie-sex-sting bust with an eye toward slapping him with federal charges, officials said yesterday.

A judge last week signed an order requiring cops and prosecutors to hand over all records and any evidence in the Ritter case to the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office.

[First Amendment]

Sick, evil pervert. And as is the case with other sex-addict perverts, he may have done this sort of thing with other young girls but not gotten caught. Since he was caught twice, who knows about other times when he wasn't caught? Sickos like this can't control themselves.
It's so great that he was caught. I can't believe anyone - even wacked out leftists - will support him now.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I first thought you were embellishing with the title, but sure enough, that's the title in the source link. I'm glad to see the somebody in the media calling Ritter the perv that he is.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The bust came just two months after Ritter was nabbed in a similar undercover operation involving a 14-year-old girl but was released without being charged.

That's a scary pattern already. I wonder what this scumbag has done before that we don't know about. I doubt that he suddenly decided to start being a child molester 2 years ago.

[kattracks]

The Post has a "way" with headlines. This is from earlier this week:

U.N. ‘PERV': LEAK RUINED MY IRAQ PEACE MISSION

[Howlin]

I bet Ritter will stroke out before the month is out.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...the FBI is getting the sealed records of ex-U.N. arms inspector Scott Ritter's Internet kiddie-sex-sting bust with an eye toward slapping him with federal charges, officials said yesterday.....

(:^D)

So the Post seriously expects us to believe that the FBI were unaware of the case until last week?

They must think the rest of America are as stupid as the New Yorkers who buy their paper.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..I doubt that he suddenly decided to start being a child molester 2 years ago....

Exactly.

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

I wonder if the FBI already has additional information from other jurisdictions in which Ritter might be suspected of meeting real 14- and 16-year-olds, instead of ones with handcuffs, badges and back-up.

All the recent publicity may have caused actual victims to come forward to other law-enforcement agencies. God knows a real victim wouldn't go tell the same cops and prosecutors who cut deals with Ritter twice in the past. They might instead go to the FBI. And, as a result, the FBI may need the original case files to put everything in context for future prosecutions.

Or, this could just be the FBI trying to pile on or get a second bite of the apple, in which case I wouldn't be too supportive of that, despite my disgust with how the first two episodes were handled.

[HiTech RedNeck]

This conduct in person gets him but a slap on the wrist, while if he'd done it before some suitably arranged ink on paper it could get him sent to jail for years? Something's scandalous here, but I can't quite figure it out.

[First Amendment]

This conduct in person gets him but a slap on the wrist, while if he'd done it before some suitably arranged ink on paper it could get him sent to jail for years? Something's scandalous here, but I can't quite figure it out.

Could you kindly say that again in a different way? I don't think I understand your point. Of course it is almost 2AM and my brain is getting tired!

[kattracks]

From theNY Daily News:

Ex-UN aide may face federal sex rap

By JOE MAHONEY
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF

ALBANY - Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, snared two years ago in an Internet sex sting, now may face a federal probe in the case.

Acting on a request from local federal prosecutors, state Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi has directed that sealed Ritter case files be turned over to the feds, officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Ritter, a vocal opponent of President Bush's Iraqi war preparations, was arrested by police in Colonie, an Albany suburb, in June 2001 on a misdemeanor charge of endangering an underage girl.

Sources familiar with the case said Ritter, now 41, used the Internet handle "onexhibition" as he arranged a meeting with the teen - actually an undercover cop - and proposed that she watch him masturbate.

The case was adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, meaning that if he stayed out of trouble for six months, the charges would be erased and the case sealed.

However, sources familiar with the case said the feds still could prosecute Ritter under federal law for allegedly trying to lure a minor into sexual activity.

Ritter has confirmed the arrest but said that news reports about it surfaced in an attempt to silence his opposition to a war with Iraq. He has refused to discuss details of the case.

Ritter and his attorney, Norah Murphy, did not return phone calls.

Neither Teresi - who presided over the trial of four New York City cops acquitted in 2000 in the fatal police shooting of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx in February 1999 - nor federal prosecutors could be reached for comment.

"I'd like nothing more than to be a vocal opponent to this war, to being an effective voice to the anti-war movement," Ritter told Schenectady TV station WRGB after the scandal surfaced.

[Howlin]

"I'd like nothing more than to be a vocal opponent to this war, to being an effective voice to the anti-war movement," Ritter told Schenectady TV station WRGB after the scandal surfaced.

I'm sure he would.......LOL.

Talk about just desserts.

[Miss Marple]

I still want to know about the following:

1. The children's prison in Iraq, and why he was there, and if any other inspectors were with him.

2. WHY Cynthia Preiser came to an agreement with his attorney for this settlement.

3. Who all is involved in this deal besides Preiser?

[Quilla]

To think, the poor readers of The New York Times haven't seen a word of this story.

This really smells. Ritter was caught in April of 2001. Then just two months later, he commits the same crime. Who in their right mind would recommend a dismissal if he is "good" for six more months? It just doesn't wash with me and makes the answers to your last two questions all the more interesting.

[Miss Marple]

One of the reasons that I think that there are some democrats involved in this deal is the total absence of coverage by the New York Times. If the FBI or Republicans were involved in this deal, they would be howling about it all over their front page. Since there is absolutely zero coverage, I must conclude that the Times is protecting someone, and that person is interestingly influential with their newsroom.

[W04Man]

I agree Miss Marple, I would be very interested in those three items also.

http://W-04.com

[Robert_Paulson2]

So the "espionage" and "blackmail" investigation is now going into full swing...

and scotty boy... giving aid and comfort to the enemy?

TRAITOROUS double agent, or blackmail victim?
Either way, he is out of the picture... And the links to sadaam and folks here in the USA who are protesting like maniacs... are being exposed faster than an exotic dancer on speed at the local strip club...

[BushCountry]

I am glad this is happening. I asked several days ago, "Why can't there be federal charges?"

Me <--- fortune teller.
Girlfriend to federal prison imates <-----Ritter

[leadpenny]

Something tells me there are members of the original Iraq inspection team who know of Ritter's tendencies.

If the FBI is doing its job, they will be doing some important interviews.

[Quilla]

What an interesting conclusion! Until the recent revelations of Ritter's proclivities, he was revered by the left as an informed insider on Iraq. No other spokesperson could appear on the national scene with stronger credentials to attack our President's war against Saddam. The fact that he was a former Marine as well as a former weapons inspector had the sheeple believing every word.

If the story is being spiked by the Times, you have to wonder who had the most to gain by Ritter's criticism of this administration. Donning my mylar (tinfoil is so tacky) I'd say Hillary has the best motive (and it sounds like something she'd do). Incidentally, they did carry her comments - in full - criticizing the administration's lax handling of security in the event of another attack on America.

[aristeides]

The NY Times had that AP story on its Web site. Didn't it make it into their print edition?

[aristeides]

But the NY Daily News was early in covering the story. What do you think was behind that?

[wewillnotfail]

1. The children's prison in Iraq, and why he was there, and if any other inspectors were with him.



oh my.....you don't think? oh dear God...

[Wait4Truth]

We KNOW Dems are involved here just BECAUSE The NY Times refuses to discuss it. Finding out WHICH Dems will be the fun part. We do know one thing today. Scott Ritter is the scum of the earth and his Dem friends helped to get his perverted tendencies covered up. This story has legs. And what a screen name he had: onexhibition...well, doesn't that just say it all!

[Quilla]

My impression it did not appear in the Times comes from this Page Six tidbit in the Post:

READERS of the New York Times, as of yesterday, still hadn't been informed of Scott Ritter's sex-sting arrest. Ritter is the former UN arms inspector who has lately been defending Saddam Hussein to become a darling of the anti-war movement. The news of his arrest nearly two years ago - allegedly for trying to lure a 16-year-old girl he contacted on the Internet for sex - broke a week ago in the Schenectady Gazette. The Post and many other newspapers carried the story after the Associated Press had it on Tuesday. But not a word in the Times. When The Post's Fred Dicker called Ritter the "Pee-wee Herman of the anti-war movement" on the Don Imus radio show yesterday, Imus said Dicker was being "unfair to Pee-wee."

Posted by kattracks here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/829598/posts?page=113#113

[Miss Marple]

Personally, I think the New York Daily News fell victim to the same erroneous talking points as Catherine Crier. The assumptioin that the judge was the same as the attorney in the Florida Recount led them to think this could all be pinned on Bush. Too late, they have discovered their error, and they are left with having to cover the story.

[aristeides]

Well, I did see that AP story on their Web site a few days ago. I wonder if it made it into their print edition. Their Web site currently has this new AP story: Feds Get Sealed Case of Ritter's Arrest.

[Elenya]

(he has friends in high places)

Secret Societies Bump!

[Catspaw]

But the NY Daily News was early in covering the story. What do you think was behind that?

Not as early as the Schenectady paper. And they may read Free Republic, where the story was posted. Or they may have read the Schenectady paper. If I remember correctly, the original article in the Daily News was a rehash of the Schenectady paper's story.

[zygoat]

Perhaps the N.Y. times didn't print the story because, to them pedephilia just isnt newsworthy. They have been listing gay "marriages" for quite some time. Any deviant behavoir is probably okay by them. My only exposure to their rag is through what I read here, but, from what I have read, I wouldn't be surprised to find a full page ad for NAMBLA in their "lifestyles" segment.

[demkicker]

This is great news! No doubt this story has several legs too. Wonder if Cynthia Preiser has been called in for her "interview" yet. I find it odd that none of the articles indicate any attempts to get Preiser to at least comment. She should be hounded by the media and made to feel like the sleeze bag she is.

GO FEDS, GO...

[Monty22]

Watching this piece of $h1t go down in flames is one of the joys of my recent life. It's SO appropriate that a traitor leftist end up being totally ruined. Just wish it happened more often.

[dokmad]

"planned to consult officials in the regime of Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein on ways to avoid precipitating war with the United States."

Sounds like a clear cut case of Treason to me!!

[Monty22]

This guy has terrible judgement in everything. He should've run off to iraq when he had the chance, but now he's gonna probably do time here.

Guess he knows saddam's jig is just about up.

[dokmad]

"Guess he knows saddam's jig is just about up."

Yup! The liberation of Iraq is on the horizon...

[DWSUWF]

"...Police said the father of young teen twin daughters planned to have the girl watch while he masturbated..."

I'm disinclined to take the word of police agencies for anything. As a group they are notoriously self-serving, error prone and generally unreliable.

But there is a preponderance of evidence, including statements by Ritter himself, that lead me to conclude that he is guilty of at least this, if not more.

"Police said the father of young teen twin daughters planned to have the girl watch while he masturbated."

This is all anyone will ever need to know where Ritter is concerned...

Nothing he believes matters...

Nothing he has to say matters...

Nothing he does, or plans to do matters...

He's just a 40 something old deviant who wants for teen-age girls like his daughters to watch him masturbate.

God may forgive him for that. That's God's business.

But mankind would be presumptuous to do so, and foolish to try...

Ritter is poison, a disease, a mad dog poised to bite.

To tolerate him in our midst is utter folly.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

More good FBI news!

FReepers, anyone with additional evidence supporting treason charges, kindly add relevant contributions here: Was Scott Ritter Compromised By Amn Al Khass!

While US Armed Forces parents are deployed overseas, the pedophile wannabe Scott Ritter stalks our children at home.

[dighton]

I first thought you were embellishing with the title, but sure enough, that's the title in the source link.

This is the NY Post, which gave us the classic "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar."

[cyncooper]

I find it odd that none of the articles indicate any attempts to get Preiser to at least comment.

While it doesn't appear she has been hounded, I do believe there was an article or two where it was reported she either could not be reached or had no comment.

I also recall it being reported her father is a lawyer and a law professor and she was one of his students, and he had a comment of some sort, touching on the general subject. If I run across the reference I will post it.

[pttttt]

The case was kept under wraps so well that even Albany County DA Paul Clyne didn't hear about it until two weeks ago - when it was reported in an upstate newspaper.

. . .

The bust came just two months after Ritter was nabbed in a similar undercover operation involving a 14-year-old girl but was released without being charged.

I smell Democrat machine coverup here. The Democrats were probably using Ritter as a useful-idiot asset. So were Saddam's friends in the US. Too late now, though.

[Walkingfeather]

Again we need to track where this asst. district att.Cynthia Preiser, lands.... I know she didn't act alone and whoever approached her on this arrangement will have to "take care of her " financially ....or otherwise.

[Capt. Tom]

January 26, 2003 -- The FBI is getting the sealed records of ex-U.N. arms inspector Scott Ritter's Internet kiddie-sex-sting bust with an eye toward slapping him with federal charges, officials said yesterday.

Unless a crime is against the Fed Govt. very few crimes are federalized.

Murdering, raping,robbing amongst the general population are not federal crimes. Janet Reno talking about the Branch Davidians molesting children was nonsense, since child molestation is not a federal crime.

The FBI has to be after something else. Like this guy being blackmailed by the Iraquis for something the Iraquis found out about his sexual deviation,which via blackmail could effect our national security. - Tom

[Yaelle]

Saddam is certainly known for supplying people with any sex victim they want. Maybe it isn't that kind of peace Ritter goes there for...

[cynicom]

The FBI can screw up a one man funeral. Tell Ritter not to worry.

[Yaelle]

I can't believe he has teen daughters!! Somehow, that makes the sickness of it all even WORSE!!!

[cyncooper]

The case was kept under wraps so well that even Albany County DA Paul Clyne didn't hear about it until two weeks ago - when it was reported in an upstate newspaper.

I question this chronology. My understanding is the DA found out about the deal somehow--but not in the media--and fired Preiser. It was the firing that a reporter was looking into that sparked the story hitting the press.

If, in fact, there was a media story printed that brought the DA's attention to the story, then that original story needs to be found and posted.

The first story on FR, from the Schenetady Daily Gazette, cited the firing.

[Yaelle]

This hasn't made the L.A. Slimes either. Hmmm.

[F16Fighter]

Had the Clintons gotten wind of Ritter's extra-curricular activities under the same circumstances, they'd have given him a post in their Cabinet -- with his own double sink as a "performance" bonus.

[jimbo123]

Bill Clinton "Sink Love" details here...