Posted on 01/18/2003 8:08:43 AM PST by catfur
By MARNIE EISENSTADT Gazette Reporter
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLONIE - The assistant district attorney who handled a 2001 misdemeanor charge against former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter has been fired for failing to tell her boss the case ever even existed. "I was shocked and angered to learn that the case had been disposed of by one of my assistant district attorneys without consulting me," said Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne. "Any arguably sensitive case should be brought to my attention."
Details of the specific charge against Ritter, who sources said was arrested by Colonie police and charged with a class B misdemeanor on June 15, 2001, were sealed.
On Friday, Clyne fired Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Preiser, who had worked in the DA's office for 15 years. She did not return calls for comment.
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"Debate to Succeed Greenberg Comes to Campus The Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center will be the site when the three candidates battling to succeed retiring Albany County District Attorney Sol Greenberg '43 meet in debate on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. James Acker, professor and interim dean of the School of Criminal Justice, will be the moderator for the debate among current assistant district attorneys Paul Clyne (Dem.) and Paul DerOhannesian II (Rep.-Con.-Lib.) and private practice attorney Mark Mishler (Working Families and Green parties)."
Ah, yeah!
From the statement in the article, it appears that he was upset by not having had a heads-up from his assistant re this Scott Ritter character who was emerging as a very public figure.
I don't think any boss would appreciate being blindsided by a reporter's inquiry, especially if that boss is a publically elected official.
BINGO !!
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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.
thanks where there is treason there is usually a golden pot
But not a case of mistaken identity, as Ritter claimed. The charge would've been dismissed outright and the record sealed. This wasn't. The case was left open in what we call in Wisconsin a deferred prosecution agreement (meaning that if Scottie was a good boy for the duration of the agreement, the charges are dismissed and the record sealed). And surely the ADA would've and should've told her boss about who had been arrested and charged. It sounds like a sweetheart deal between the prosecutor and Ritter's attorney, and for some reason, neither thought that the feces would hit the rotating impeller at anytime in the future.
How often do you hear of a DA firing an ADA with 15 years experience? Discipline, a short suspension, sure. But outright "we've cleaned out your desk and get the hell out of here" canning?
I think this isn't the full story. I also have this feeling that when the national press gets ahold of this--and they will--it isn't going to be pretty for Mr. Ritter. And that's a good thing.
BTTT
I wonder if she is an associate of Soros?
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