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Report: Former U.N. Inspector Scott Ritter Arrested in Internet Sex Sting (AP)
AP-Fox News ^ | 1/21/03 | AP

Posted on 01/21/2003 3:10:54 PM PST by finnman69

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:24 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

ALBANY, N.Y.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: burgerking; heybaby; itsjustsex; letschatnow; ritter; rottshitter; scottritter; sex; sexchats; traitor; underage; uninspector; whatruwearing; yobabyyobabyyo
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To: My2Cents
But what I saw in most people's post was akin to a feeding frenzy.

Could you define "feeding frenzy"?

61 posted on 01/21/2003 5:21:15 PM PST by cyncooper
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To: My2Cents
Do tell!....You can't. Nobody can. It's a delicious possibility, and not out of the realm of probability. But is it a fact? No one knows. And for that reason, such speculation will become futile.

There are people who know if it was blackmail, and we might find out someday. It is not futile to speculate this, and more importantly, the possibility of blackmail makes these two episodes very relevant.

62 posted on 01/21/2003 5:24:17 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: finnman69
THis is probably what ol saddam used to blackmail Ritter with.
63 posted on 01/21/2003 5:25:29 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: Petronski
O'Reilly on the story right now.
64 posted on 01/21/2003 5:31:07 PM PST by cyncooper
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To: philo
VERY FUNNY:

Word has it Scotty went to meet the 14 yr old
and it turned out to be Bob Beckel. :^)

65 posted on 01/21/2003 5:32:37 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: My2Cents
"Tell me why his weakness for 14 year old girls affects his credibility over what he's been saying about Iraq?"

Easy as pie. His "weakness" in this case has landed him in trouble with the law, and somewhat mysteriously the charges against him have been dismissed, the case sealed. And, strangely enough, his attitude toward Iraq has changed dramatically; it is now the exact opposite of what it was prior to those events.

His credibility is in question because the very real possibility of blackmail exists.

66 posted on 01/21/2003 5:32:50 PM PST by Reactionary
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To: cyncooper
"And why did assistant district attorney Cynthia Preiser risk her job--indeed, she just lost it over this!--to aid in the above actions being taken?"

I think that it's either another case of blackmail or it was done as a political favor. My guess is that this is a DNC/Hillary operation.

67 posted on 01/21/2003 5:35:00 PM PST by Reactionary
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To: cyncooper
Adjournment-pending-dismissal as I understand it is an opportunity for the defendant to spend six months without criminal offense and in exchange have the whole matter dropped and sealed. I have handled minors in Pennsylvania who have gotten the same treatment--successfully.

The court is saying: put this behind you and it is forgotten.

68 posted on 01/21/2003 5:38:15 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Petronski
Thanks for lending your voice of experience.

So, what do you make of the DA firing Cynthia Preiser for her work?

69 posted on 01/21/2003 5:40:36 PM PST by cyncooper
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To: finnman69
Wow.
This is a very good and fairly complete synopsis by the AP.

The arrest of Scott Ritter, 41, who served as a weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991-98, was first reported by The Daily Gazette of Schenectady on Saturday.

One question I still have not seen answered:
What caused a reporter from The Daily Gazette of Schenectady to revisit an old story from a year-and-a-half ago ask the DA about it?

70 posted on 01/21/2003 5:43:55 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Miss Marple; cyncooper
Whoever had the story quashed did so to keep him a viable critic of the administration's policy. Only two places would have an interest in Ritter performing that function: Baghdad and Chappaqua.

So, the 'toons and Baghdad have the goods on Scott.  How does that "power" extend through to the police department, judge and assistant District Attorney in New York?  
IMO, facts will make this obscure news story lucid.  Unanswered questions at Post 52 and cyncooper addendum at Post 59.  
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.


71 posted on 01/21/2003 5:48:52 PM PST by GirlShortstop
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To: cyncooper
I think the DA is p!ssed for two reasons, one of them legitimate:

Legitimate: She apparently approved the deal without his approval; yet she should have known any case beyond the normal (here el Ritar had recently been caught in a sting and warned) must be kicked upstairs.

Illegitimate: He was a public figure whose prosecution could have built the DA's public exposure --> name recognition --> politcal future.

If she had been my ADA, I would have dismissed her (for both reasons).

72 posted on 01/21/2003 5:48:57 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Petronski; cyncooper
Adjournment-pending-dismissal as I understand it is an opportunity for the defendant to spend six months without criminal offense and in exchange have the whole matter dropped and sealed

Nineteen months and it remains "in contemplation of dismissal"?

73 posted on 01/21/2003 5:53:05 PM PST by GirlShortstop
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To: My2Cents
Attack Scott Ritter for his appeasement -- that's fair. Take a page out of Bill Clinton and Larry Flynt's playbook to attack him -- sorry.

Hmm. I disagree with you that a 40 year-old man going after a 14 year-old girl is a "peccadello". We obviously have different definitions of "peccadello". And, yes, this story is important enough to use to bury Ritter since he has called for the impeachment of the President and has been (until now) a media player in a critical national security debate.

Ritter is toast. It is time for him to go away. And he must be smacked across the face with this story until he does go away.

74 posted on 01/21/2003 5:56:03 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Reactionary
DNC/Hillary operation

why
75 posted on 01/21/2003 5:57:25 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: Lancey Howard
One question I still have not seen answered:

What caused a reporter from The Daily Gazette of Schenectady to revisit an old story from a year-and-a-half ago ask the DA about it?

The DA found out about the case and fired the ADA, Cynthia Preiser over it. The original stories placed the firing at "last week", so I'm not sure of the day, but perhaps a reporter raised an eyebrow as I wouldn't think assistant district attorneys are fired over just any old thing, and looked into it and the story came out from there.

Now, I'd like to know what brought it to the DA's attention...

76 posted on 01/21/2003 5:59:53 PM PST by cyncooper
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To: GirlShortstop
Nineteen months and it remains "in contemplation of dismissal"?

Well, I practice in Pennsylvania so I don't know what their particular procedures might require, but what I understood happened (and what would have happened in PA) is that the offense was adjudicated, the appropriate time period passed, the matter was dropped and sealed, and it is now closed and sealed.

In Pennsylvania, as in the case of a minor, for instance, if six months probationary counseling are completed and there is no further criminal offense, the matter is dropped, a petition for expungement is filed and the court is subject to a 'shall issue' rule at that point.

If the paperwork is processed properly, the case is expunged from the record.

77 posted on 01/21/2003 6:01:36 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: cyncooper
Now, I'd like to know what brought it to the DA's attention...

Obviously, it was a tip from someone who had seen the sealed records....

78 posted on 01/21/2003 6:03:20 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: GirlShortstop
There was NOTHING leaked about the court case. What has been discussed in the media was the original arrest which was indeed covered on local TV in NY. That's what's showing up now. Don't confuse the two.
79 posted on 01/21/2003 6:06:05 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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