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No, it is not a blind alley. Someone did not want Ritter's name in the papers with this charge. The likeliest suspects for that are the ones whom he is serving. It is quite possible that those who blackmailed him are also the ones who had this evidence covered up, because once the info is public, they have a reduced hold upon him.

I don't find anything particularly surprising about the fact this wasn't smeared across the papers, given that he wasn't convicted of anything. Who heard of Dubya's DUI until years later, when his political opponents went digging? If there is anything worthy of note in this it is that the administration, which must have had the goods on Ritter for some time, has taken so long to leak them to the public. Although, I think that is only puzzling if you start out with the vulgar misconception that Bush is in a hurry to go to war with Iraq.

I don't find anything particularly surprising about the fact this wasn't smeared across the papers, given that he wasn't convicted of anything.

Indeed. Hundreds of posts damning him for political reasons, yet no one noticed the main point of the article:

"in contemplation of dismissal."

What does this mean? NOT GUILTY! Before the politburo here sentences him to death, shouldn't they pause for a moment to contemplate that he was found NOT GUILTY of this crime? What a bunch of little dictators here...