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
Baloney. All he'd have to do was be more pro-bomb Iraq. No one would believe Saddam, even if it WAS true. You've got to be kidding.
Now, it is quite possible that the Clintons found out about this and covered up the arrest in their carrot/stick approach
Because the Klintons controlled the Intelligence Agencies in July 2001?
You're out of your partisan mind.
You can't expect blind partisans to think. But at least you're making it clear to observers...
If anything Bush is the one who could reward her.
And the Republicans control the Intelligence establishment (errr... at least on paper), and would be the ones briefed about Ritter's activities.
Ritter knows nothing. He has no security clearance or access to up-to-date, reliable information.
He's spewing propaganda at someone's behest.
I can't wait to see future interviews with Scotty. When he starts yelling and getting belligerent, all they have to do is start asking him about his kiddie-raper beef. Scott will probably burst a blood vessel in his neck and die.
Whatever. I am done arguing about it. You have no proof, nor do I. I will continue watching to see what develops.
However, I do think that Ritter has SOMETHING in his background that caused him to support Iraq and also to act practically nutty whenever he appears on television.
Perhaps this is a red herring. Or not. YOU don't know any more than I do.
He was found not guilty. Are you retarded?
No, but I can understand why you missed the point, if English is your second language.
The COURT sealed the records. Of a charge that was not a felony. That requires a judge, and prosecutor to agree.
Normally, this would be no problem - except we have a high profile person who accepted $400,000 from an enemy power, just after completing one of the most high profile jobs on the planet. Someone who is surely being monitored by intelligence agents, for his public pronouncements against state policy in Year 2000 - BEFORE his arrest in July 2001.
The POINT Is : There's no way he could have been innocently arrested by local cops, without the feds knowing it, approving of it, or orchestrating it.
Very relevant. Because there's a great deal of difference between a 17 yr old college student with a birthday coming up, who is coming on to you - and a 10 yr old girl.
:)
I covered that one too - set up your own opposition.
Problem with most people is - they believe what ever is printed in the newspaper or they see on TV. FR is corrupted by this, but so is all of society.
Well!
I guess you told HER, didn't you!
BTW, your reasoning stinks and you're rude.
Observations made and commented much upon well before this revelation. I do not recall one person saying how well this was playing into President Bush's hands. No, most were aghast at his seemingly treasonous behavior.
I'm not the one who wants to put parents and grandparents on trial for possession of bathing photos of their children. And 'maybe' the juries will let them off.
This is a lie! You are a slanderer. The money did NOT come from a foreign power, but rather from an AMERICAN citizen. And the film was overtly ANTI-Saddam. You believe all the crap shoveled at you? I guess so. Sheep...
I generally never refer to Arlen "Magic Bullet" Specter, without naming him Arlen "Magic Bullet" Specter.
So, if we create a 'novel theory' (read bulls**t) that explains the murder of a President to be the work of a lone gunman, we can become head of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
That's a pretty neat trick, hmmm?
Where are you coming up with this stuff? Are you making it up on the fly?
Solicitation for murder doesn't require payment. It does require one person asking another person (that's the "solicit" part) to commit a murder. The transfer of funds, goods, or anything else tangible or intangible, or promise to do so is incidental.
One entry found for solicitation.
One entry found for solicit.
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