Aspen shadowgov ping. Remember ol' Ritter was sold to the public first as a Republican hawk, just like Wilson and a host of other VIPS like critters involved in this caper- nevermind that when you check that media cultivated image wears off. Biden was the guy who played tough- er, should I say 'acted' tough- with Ritter in a bit of mindless theatrics during congressionl testimony, telling Ritter it wasn't up to him to set policy or some such thing... Ritter got a Simon & Schuster book deal just like so many of the folks involved in this casper got book deals or were promised such... and in a moment as he was writing the book he well, he had a change of heart... going from vengeful nukemall inspectorguy to crusader for international law, Mr. Diplomatic Appeaserman, in a flash of inspiration, as if he wasn't appeaserman all along. The change of heart tends to correspond with infusions of book deals or oil voucher revenues and inexplicable wealth accumulation not just with Ritter but others too.
And then there's this Aspen invite:
1998ish? Ritter was in high demand. The talk shows applied their makeup. Some of the super-rich invited him to a retreat in Aspen. Henry Kissinger and Colin Powell listened to his take on foreign policy. NBC used him as a military analyst. At the network, he tried to wow his new colleagues. William Arkin, another NBC analyst, remembers joining Ritter in the company cafeteria. ''Unbelievable diarrhea of the mouth,'' he said. ''He's got a serious case of I've-got-a-secret.'' --------- "Scott Ritter's Iraq Complex ," By BARRY BEARAK, Sunday Magazine Section, November 24, 2002 - The New York Times via SFTT.org Soldiers for Truth, http://www.sftt.org/article11252002a.html.
''He's got a serious case of I've-got-a-secret.''I've noticed that this seems to be a telltale sign of disinformation agents and useful idiots under the influence of such agents. In contrast, a responsible intelligence agent doing their job knows how and when to keep their mouth shut. Compare this observation with Joseph Wilson and it's easy to see into which category he falls.