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UN's Ritter faced sex rap
New York Daily News ^ | 1/19/03 | Joe Mahoney

Posted on 01/19/2003 1:15:49 AM PST by kattracks

ALBANY - Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter was secretly prosecuted in Albany County in 2001 after he was snared in an Internet sex sting operation, law enforcement sources told the Daily News.

Ritter, who lives in the Albany suburb of Delmar, is now a high-profile critic of President Bush's war preparations.

He was arrested by Colonie Police in June 2001 on a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly had a sexual discussion on the Internet with an undercover investigator he thought was an underage girl, law enforcement sources disclosed on condition of anonymity.

The case was sealed, and Colonie officials declined to release the arrest records, explaining the matter was adjourned in local court in contemplation of dismissal.

The Schenectady Daily Gazette reported yesterday that Albany District Attorney Paul Clyne fired veteran Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Preiser last week for failing to inform him of the case against Ritter.

Clyne said that as a "sensitive" case, it should have been brought to his attention.

Ritter, who has made frequent appearances on network television after speaking to the Iraq National Assembly last year, could not be reached for comment.

Joe Mahoney



TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: napalminthemorning; pedophile; scottritter; treason; un; weaponsinspector; wot
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To: Miss Marple
It is far more likely to me that someone wanted to discredit the administration, and therefore blackmailed Ritter into attacking Bush in the media.

Anything anti-Demonkrat and Pro-Bush is automatically more likely to you. You're a partisan.

In reality, it's equally likely as the other possibilities I have outlined. Because we don't have enough evidence yet.

141 posted on 01/19/2003 7:08:55 AM PST by DAnconia55
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To: Miss Marple
It is quite easy to say that those who don't believe in your theory are hopelessly naive

If you don't understand that government, especially the Feds, can be underhanded, break the law, entrap people, blackmail, etc... they you are indeed very naive. Not to mention not attentive to posts on FR.

Has nothing to do with MY theory. (I don't have one as of yet - but I don't automatically lap up every press release that exists either.)

It has to do with your responses. Pavlovian. The press release fits your expectations of what you'd like to see (pro-Bush), so you lap it up.

BTW, can I mention here - so we don't have others errors compounded - that I don't particularly like Ritter, and lean heavily towards turning the MidEast into a glass parking lot?

142 posted on 01/19/2003 7:13:06 AM PST by DAnconia55 (Sit. Roll Over. Beg. Goooood....)
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To: new cruelty
Still in all, your amphetamine logic is humorous. Thanks for helping me to a good laugh this bright Sunday morning

Then why seal the records?

143 posted on 01/19/2003 7:16:18 AM PST by DAnconia55 (Sit. Roll Over. Beg. Goooood....)
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To: kattracks; All
Wasn't Ritter also a critic of the Clinton Administration, when Clinton was trying to start a war with Iraq in '98? Or do I have him confused with someone else?
144 posted on 01/19/2003 7:18:14 AM PST by agrandis
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To: DAnconia55
Occam's razor is cutting your argument to the quick.

The simplest explanantion is that Ritter likes underage girls. This proclivity opens him up to all manner of blackmail.

Whether that actually happened I don't know but but believing it does not require a ream of tinfoil.

145 posted on 01/19/2003 7:19:55 AM PST by jwalsh07 (March for Life in DC ,1/22/03.)
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To: BullDog108
How would local police perform such a sting? Why would it be a local crime?

"You're kidding?!?!"

sorry, that didn't come out right. I meant to say - Why would it be a local prosecution, as opposed to a state one.

I didn't know that local resources were wasted in such a manner by local police.

At the moment, I'm leaning toward guilty, but framed - (the government knew of his inclinations, and chose to exploit it) but that's purely guessing on my part.

146 posted on 01/19/2003 7:22:06 AM PST by DAnconia55
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To: kattracks
Makes you wonder what evidence Uncle Soddomite has on Ritter.

Besides the money Uncle Soddomite has been shoveling to Ritter to pay for his lies, there may be another reason Ritter the pervert is whoring for Soddomite!

How many times Ritter voted for the Goron in the last election?
147 posted on 01/19/2003 7:22:19 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Free Republic, the site supported by those who don't believe in free lunches! Are you a donor?)
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To: Miss Marple
DRIP...DRIP...DRIP... IMHO, another clintoon cornered,
showed to be a sexual prev... more to come,libs
media cant' protect them forever. :)
148 posted on 01/19/2003 7:23:04 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (support your favorite website (FR), PLEASE)
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To: jwalsh07
Occam's razor.. is cutting your argument to the quick. .. in reality does not apply to complex situations like government agencies, dealing with human interaction and deviousness.

"Occam's razor" is a cry used to shortcut critical thinking. To shut off debate.

Conspiracies happen. Complex conspiracies happen. The government is filled with mean people with nasty agendas. (Take for example the entire Demonkratic party) Proof abounds, yet people run about screaming "Occam's razor" and playing ostrich.

149 posted on 01/19/2003 7:25:14 AM PST by DAnconia55
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To: Squantos
Thanks for the ping!

Wouldn't you like to be able to do a quick and deep back ground check on all of these well known and very vocal "Just Give Uncle Soddomite a chance for, peace" protestors.

Besides the high probability of getting money from Uncle Sodommite, they probably have some dark side perverted life style that Uncle Soddomite has learned about.
150 posted on 01/19/2003 7:26:52 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Free Republic, the site supported by those who don't believe in free lunches! Are you a donor?)
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To: Miss Marple
Here is an interesting question: when EXACTLY did Ritter start acting so loony on television? ...Furthermore, it would be interesting to know if there is ANOTHER charge elsewhere, hanging over his head. It would also be interesting to know WHO caused the case to be dropped and why this was concealed from the DA.

Great questions, MM. I'd like to know the answers as well - they could explain a lot.

Another thing I don't understand is why the networks keep putting him on, when it's obvious his views are 180 degrees from what they were when he returned from Iraq. Maybe they think we have short memories?

151 posted on 01/19/2003 7:27:27 AM PST by Amelia (Who's sending missile parts to Iraq?)
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To: leadpenny
I was at Rucker between tours in Nam in 68/69 and everything stopped in the BOQ when Laugh-In came on.

You were right on the money on that. It first aired in January 1968. I spent most of 68 at Mare Island in C school.

Google had a ton of hits on it. Here's one:

Laugh In History page

152 posted on 01/19/2003 7:27:28 AM PST by Bob
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To: kattracks
Thanks for the ping and the post re this truly sick and perverted bastard.
153 posted on 01/19/2003 7:28:39 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Free Republic, the site supported by those who don't believe in free lunches! Are you a donor?)
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To: dighton
Yep, besides being Soddomite!s Paid Dope on a Rope who got paid to lie, now we know why he had this look of a deer caught in the headlights whenever he was on tv.

154 posted on 01/19/2003 7:30:15 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Free Republic, the site supported by those who don't believe in free lunches! Are you a donor?)
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To: DAnconia55
There was a thread a few days back that had some more info on the LEOs involved.
155 posted on 01/19/2003 7:31:17 AM PST by lds23
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To: DAnconia55
The burden is on you to demonstrate a vast right wing conspiracy.

From what I've seen you offer nothing but Hale?Bopp conjecture.

The simplest explanation is usually the correct one and it doesn't preclude you from conjecturing about a government conspiracy to shut Ritter up.

But the facts are not your friend here D.

156 posted on 01/19/2003 7:31:19 AM PST by jwalsh07 (March for Life in DC ,1/22/03.)
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To: Hugin
Actually, now we know why he flunked his lie detector test when he tried to join the CIA.
157 posted on 01/19/2003 7:31:24 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Free Republic, the site supported by those who don't believe in free lunches! Are you a donor?)
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To: DAnconia55
Doesn't pass the smell test. They needed him compromised for some reason.

This is ALWAYS the way the Big Boys control people. This kind of use of the executive branches of various governments is the foundation, walls, and ceiling of the power of scoundrels like Clinton. If you oppose them and you're pure and clean and incorruptable (as much as a human can be), or if you are so openly soiled that you have nothing to lose, they find a way of getting you on an airplane that crashes, or simply gun you down at an intersection, or have some scum mug you and kill you.

By the way, this underage stuff is the perfect tool, because to fight a charge means to expose yourself publicly, and people are loathe to expose themselves publicly even as a POSSIBLE pedophile, no?

I would like to adjust your statement about there being one party. I think a more accurate description of what happens in this country is what someone once said: "there may be two parties, and they may hate each other, but when it comes to corruption, they close ranks." I would also maintain that they close ranks when anyone insists they govern under the limitations of the Constitution (the refusal to do so is what makes all this corruption possible). The Liberterians would be pretty much just as bad if they were ever to get to office, because many of their candidates have no personal character, and would be compromised and tempted beyond their ability to resist, in our current evil climate.

158 posted on 01/19/2003 7:34:07 AM PST by agrandis
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
"How about the National Enquirer?"

That'll do.

My guess is that the "Hounds of Baskerville", or who ever, are running with their collective noses to the ground.

This is too tempting a story to be covered up by even the most liberal of the "media".

159 posted on 01/19/2003 7:36:14 AM PST by G.Mason (Hey Ritter, are those sharks you're swimming with?)
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To: Miss Marple
Like, you, I keep thinking about the probable involvement of certain DNC operatives who work for the Hildebea$t, the Junior $enator from NY.

Did they have some FBI file on Ritter that turned him into a dithering idiot about 1999/2000 instead of a problem for Mad Halfbright and Bubba?

Ten to one this female former asst. DA is a long time card carrying rat who would do anything for the Hildebeast and to protect the Clintoons re their inactions with Soddomite from 1993 to Jan 2001.
160 posted on 01/19/2003 7:38:31 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Free Republic, the site supported by those who don't believe in free lunches! Are you a donor?)
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