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If the arrest records with his name on them and the mug shot from the police aren't enough proof for you, what will be?

A trial and conviction! Like Rush likes to say, you can indict a 'ham sandwich'.

To me it sounds like 'entrapment' by an aggressive assistant DA. There's a skunk in the wood pile and it may not be Ritter. Again, show me.

He was caught twice, and arrested once. He somehow had the case dismissed and the records sealed. Actions that resulted in the DA being fired. If hooking up with underage girls to masturbate in front of them isn't illegal, it's immoral. It also goes a long way to explain why he suddenly flipped regarding Iraq. Believe what you want.

Repeat after me, it was only sex...it didn't rise to the level...no controlling legal authority...

The way the charges were handled support the obvious, he attempted to set up meetings for secual activity with what he thought were underaged girls (first time 14, second time 16.)

A finding on guilt was withheld in return for him meeting certain terms. He had to attend sex-offender coundeling with a psychiatrist, and he had to stay out of trouble for a period of time (~six months to a year).

That, and the TV footage showing his arrest at the burger king, show that he was serious about trying to set up meetings for sex with underaged girls, a crime.

If he complied with the court orders, in return the charges would be dropped and the court records sealed.

All sorts of misdemeanors are handled this way, including shoplifting and minor assaults, etc.

If you are under the impression that conviction, instead of remediation, was the goal of the court, and that no crime ocurred because the records were sealed, you are mistaken.
In fact, it probalby means he admitted the charges were true in exchange for lenient treatment and the chance for remediation.

Whether or not Ritter is thrown in jail is a small issue.

Whether or not we go to war with Iraq is a large issue.

The fact that Ritter has been doing things that make him a huge honkin' security risk makes me look at anything he has to say about anything with extreme suspicion.

There are people in the world who would love to blackmail Scott Ritter. Scott Ritter has, apparently, provided any potential blackmailer with copious amounts of material to work with.

Given this, his credibility on any serious matter has to be pretty much zero.