UN's Ritter faced sex rap

New York Daily News ^ | 1/19/03 | Joe Mahoney

[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

[Claire Voyant]

Who is Pitt that everyone is talking about in relation to Ritter?

[hgro]

Gee, what a suprise. Ritter is not only a weazel, but a sex crazed weazel to boot!

[elhombrelibre]

Must mean Penn.

[tutstar]

Beats me...but something is rotten in Denmark. I refuse to believe that Saddam is a pussycat. I'd love to know how the Iraqis got to Ritter.

Oh, He was on Greta's show the other night and one of our generals said he'd love to see Scott on the front of a tank when our guys ride into Iraq without the benefit of any N-B-C gear. So would I.

[Catspaw]

William River Pitt, an ultra lefty. He and Ritter wrote a book (well, booklet) together last year.

[Catspaw]

Wasn't that the same general who, when Ritter started talking over him, said, "you've got loose lips, son," which prompted Greta to cut off Ritter's mike? It was MUST SEE TV.

[dalebert]

What if the Dems were using this to keep Ritter in line?

[Mudboy Slim]

"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."

Now we know why Ritter's become such a ClintonTool...Slick and the LeftistWhore'd were blackmailin' the dude with this!!

Hilarious...MUD

[Catspaw]

It'd be more likely that the Iraqis were using this to keep Ritter in line (I have a hunch his perversity didn't start in June of last year). He took money from an Iraqi American with strong ties to Saddam (to the tune of $400,000) to make a movie sympathetic to Iraqi, he's been back to Iraqi a few times in the last year, once speaking to the Iraqi parliament and he's thrown his lot in with some *very* interesting ultra-left groups since his testimony before Congress in 1999. I'm hoping someone can remember the first time we noticed Ritter had flipped--or when he took the moola from the Iraqi American. He had to have done his flip before that.

[ThinkingMan]

This shouldn't even phase the UN- don't they have the S&M guy looking for weapons currently?

[tutstar]

Yes, yes, that's it. I forgot about that one. I loved it!! Ritter got his mike cut, Ritter got his mike cut, Ritter got his mike cut, Ritter got his mike cut, Ritter got his mike cut,.....

nothing like a little childish taunt...eh?

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...what happened to make this news come out?...

Gee.

Lemme think...that's a tough one....

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..anyone willing to bet that this isn't the first time Ritter has committed a crime like this?...

Pappy, before you start waving a noose around, can we check if he was actually convicted?

[ThinkingMan]

Bubba and Ritter in the chat room- can't you just see Bubba pretending to be a 13 year old girl?

[Claire Voyant]

Is William Pitt GAY? I just don;t understand what everyone is talking about.

[DAnconia55]

Could be faked of course.

Dirty tricks by government are not unknown. I'd like to see a time line of the arrest, and his actions before and after.

If he was beginning to be critical (or was expected to be so) before the 'arrest', I'd doubt its authenticity.

He is too high profile a critic to be left unmolested.

[Teacher317]

maybe that pro-Iraqi movie deal involved a few films for Ritter's personal collection... or making one of his own, in a nation where he would not be prosecuted for it.

[DAnconia55]

How would local police perform such a sting? Why would it be a local crime?

This doesn't add up.

[DAnconia55]

I'll bet he ends up claiming it is all a vast Bush conspiracy and he was framed.

I'm claiming it for him. Do some critical thinking.

[Catspaw]

Do a google.com search on "William River Pitt" and let me know what you think of him.