If so, then surely the FBI/CIA would know and would have known.
The makes the case even easier. All you have to do is set up a LOCAL sting (less press, easier to keep quiet for blackmail purposes).
Since you KNOW Ritter is going to be looking for sex online, entrapment is a piece of cake.
This scenario gives you both :
He's guilty.
The Government set him up as political blackmail.
Perfectly feasible scenario.
The makes the case even easier. All you have to do is set up a LOCAL sting (less press, easier to keep quiet for blackmail purposes).
Since you KNOW Ritter is going to be looking for sex online, entrapment is a piece of cake.
Your theory doesn't make sense though. Why would the government be blackmailing Ritter to speak out against the government?