[Miss Marple]

OK, assuming for the sake of argument that the Bush people did this, you are telling me that they had accomplices in a democrat county in Albany, New York? AND that they had him arrested on this in JUNE of 2001, BEFORE the attack on the WTC, BEFORE the Axis of Evil spech, and BEFORE Ritter became such a high-profile supporter of Hussein? By golly, those Bush people are not only efficient, they are clairvoyant!

[DAnconia55]

OK, assuming for the sake of argument that the Bush people did this, you are telling me that they had accomplices in a democrat county in Albany, New York? AND that they had him arrested on this in JUNE of 2001, BEFORE the attack on the WTC, BEFORE the Axis of Evil spech, and BEFORE Ritter became such a high-profile supporter of Hussein? By golly, those Bush people are not only efficient, they are clairvoyan

As I said, I'd want to see a complete timeline of Ritter's activities.

And WTC had nothing to do with Iraq per se. Bush knew he was going after Hussein when he took office. (Something I basically agree with - but that's off topic)

And yes, there's really only one party : Republocrat. So cooperation between agents of the government in different 'parties' is not surprising at the least. Except to the naive.

How would local cops conduct such a sting? And why would they do it? Further, what are the odds of nailing a local conviction on the internet???

Doesn't pass the smell test. They needed him compromised for some reason.