Scott Ritter Speaks Out On 2001 Arrest - Offers his first public comments on controversy

WNYT-TV, Albany ^ | January 22, 2003

[Shermy]

ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 22 - Until now, former U.N. weapon's inspector Scott Ritter has declined to speak about allegations he was arrested in an Internet sex sting 19 months ago. However, NewsChannel 13 reached Ritter by phone Wednesday and for the first time he discussed the arrest and the sealed court documents.

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"The case was dismissed. Therefore it never happened," Ritter said Wednesday.

"I stood in a court of law, before a judge and an assistant district attorney, and they dismissed it," he added.

But the court of public opinion has a different view. The story of Ritter's arrest and the subsequent dismissal of his case first broke over the weekend and dominated headlines in the days that followed.

"I am deeply saddened [by all of the media attention]. Not by anything I've done though."

Ritter refused to speak to NewsChannel 13 on camera. When offered the chance to tell his side of the story on television, he replied, "I'm saying it now."

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[Howlin]

spectre says an exclusive interview with Ritter.

I shall type it.

[Howlin]

Just take a monent to reflect upon how sick and scary that is

And after you've digested that, picture him in the power position he was in before, around WMD.

And you know if he's done it twice, he's done it more than that. And probably since.

[Senator Pardek]

admittance

???

[PaulJ]

Maybe he is saying he was set up.

Then why not come out and say, "I was set up"? That's what strikes me. He gives no explanation. He doesn't say, "It was all a mistake", or a "misunderstanding". In fact he doesn't even say, "I did nothing wrong". He merely says, "It was dismissed".
Now, I know he owes no one an explanation, and his failure to give one is no proof of guilt, but I can see how a resonable adult, outside of a court room, might infer, from his lack of a defense,that he is hiding something.

[AdA$tra]

Maybe he is saying he was set up.

Sounds more like he was set free by an ADA who got fired over letting him go.

[KineticKitty]

If he has an appetite for kids, I'm sure we will be revisiting this subject with Ritter sometime again in the future. I keep thinking of R. Kelly and all of his denials for the past few year, ....now look at him.

[Sloopy]

So, are you saying he was dumb to fall for a sting operation, TWICE?

[Redcloak]

I thought that he was just doing research.

[dead]

That was very ingrammathical.

[Nachum]

You see, it all depends on what the meaning of "dismissed" is...

[Howlin]

Shoot.....it was on Court TV, I missed it!

Catherine Crier suspects this was "leaked" at this time........ha!

[Dog]

fyi..

[spectre]

ON Court TV, Howlin!

[Howlin]

OMG......Catherine Crier is implying that the judge worked for Bush during the recount and she is "suspicious" of why this all came out now!

And, of course, RITTER told her that HE suspects the judge!

[angkor]

"The case was dismissed. Therefore it never happened,"

No controlling legal authority.

[Senator Pardek]

It's not a mistake if it is corrected before it is pointed out.

AKA "The Ritter Defense".

[Dog]

So what does she mean by that comment??

[Howlin]

Oh, they are trying to get him back!

Can you believe what she is saying? How unreal for her to try to implicate Bush!

[spectre]

I'm sorry Howlin, you left the other thread before you read my post about CTV...and she wants to go back to Scott now.

She is stickin to her words abut the "timing concerning Iraq being behind Scotts story being leaked"...Liberal Witch!

[Petronski]

"The case was dismissed. Therefore it never happened," Ritter said Wednesday.

That's something like saying "I was acquitted so the crime never happened."