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Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter is finally admitting he was arrested a year and half ago by police in upstate New York, but refuses to disclose if it had anything to do with looking to meet underage girls from the Internet. Scott Ritter mug shot (courtesy WNYT-TV) Ritter made an appearance tonight on "CNN Newsnight with Aaron Brown," but was evasive on questions dealing with reports he was caught in a police sex-sting operation. "I was arrested in June 2001, charged with a Class B misdemeanor," said Ritter. "I stood before a judge and the case was dismissed. The...

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ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 22 - Until now, former U.N. weapon's inspector Scott Ritter has declined to speak about allegations he was arrested in an Internet sex sting 19 months ago. However, NewsChannel 13 reached Ritter by phone Wednesday and for the first time he discussed the arrest and the sealed court documents. ...snip... "The case was dismissed. Therefore it never happened," Ritter said Wednesday. "I stood in a court of law, before a judge and an assistant district attorney, and they dismissed it," he added. But the court of public opinion has a different view. The story of Ritter's arrest...

Decision comes amid news of 2001 Internet sex charge against former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, the former U.N. arms inspector turned critic of a proposed war against Iraq, has canceled a trip to Baghdad in the midst of controversy over a minor sex charge he faced in 2001. Ritter, reached on Tuesday in New York City where he arrived after a book signing in San Diego, confirmed he changed his mind about going on the trip. He had planned to fly to Iraq to offer advice to the Iraqi government on ways to avoid a conflict with the...

TRANSLATION SITE ORIGINAL: Scott Ritter, who for some strange reason turned on his country, apparently has problems with little girls. A television station has film of his arrest at a Burger King where he intended to meet a 14-year-old girl. He was hoping she would watch him perform the Clinton trick. Police searched his car to see whether he brought his own sink, but no sink was found. Ritter remains the hero of the RAT underground. TRANSLATED TO GERMAN, THEN BACK TO ENGLISH: Scott knight, that out of some strange reason its country turned on has, has apparently problems...

Okay. Someone has to do this so that we can keep track. On this thread, please give links for all the stories in print, in the news, on the radio, on the TV, and on the internet about Scott Ritter and the possible arrest.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH 7PM; Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter, will be discussing / signing "ENDGAME: Solving The Iraq Crisis". Scott Ritter spent 7 years in Iraq as an arms inspector for the UN. His resignation in 1998 made front-page headlines around the world. But Ritter criticizes the US for squandering an international consensus on Iraq and trying to use the inspections process for uniquely American goals. He argues strongly against the proposed military strike against Iraq. Held at the Current Affairs Bookstore (619) 795-9899, 2536 University Ave. , San Diego, CA 92104

TV station claims film shows ex-U.N. inspector caught in sex sting An attorney for Scott Ritter confirmed that the outspoken former U.N. weapons inspector, who says President Bush should be impeached for his Iraq policy, was arrested a year and a half ago. Norah Murphy said Ritter was arrested in the upstate New York town of Colonie in June 2001, but she would not respond to allegations that he was charged with soliciting an underage girl on the Internet. Ritter lives in the Albany, N.Y., suburb of Delmar. The Schenectady Daily Gazette and New York Daily News report Ritter allegedly...