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Scott Ritter Speaks Out On 2001 Arrest - Offers his first public comments on controversy
WNYT-TV, Albany ^ | January 22, 2003

Posted on 01/22/2003 2:30:38 PM PST by 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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To: Shermy
spectre says an exclusive interview with Ritter.

I shall type it.

21 posted on 01/22/2003 2:38:43 PM PST by Howlin (Fly your flag in support of President Bush's State of the Union Speech)
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To: Senator Pardek
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.

22 posted on 01/22/2003 2:40:08 PM PST by Howlin (Fly your flag in support of President Bush's State of the Union Speech)
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To: Senator Pardek
admittance

???

23 posted on 01/22/2003 2:40:09 PM PST by Senator Pardek
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To: Just mythoughts
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.

24 posted on 01/22/2003 2:41:40 PM PST by PaulJ
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To: Just mythoughts
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.
25 posted on 01/22/2003 2:42:05 PM PST by AdA$tra (-20 wind chill = global warming)
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To: Shermy
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.
26 posted on 01/22/2003 2:42:12 PM PST by KineticKitty
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To: Just mythoughts
So, are you saying he was dumb to fall for a sting operation, TWICE?
27 posted on 01/22/2003 2:42:13 PM PST by Sloopy
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To: Shermy
I thought that he was just doing research.
28 posted on 01/22/2003 2:42:15 PM PST by Redcloak (Tag, you're it!)
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To: Senator Pardek
That was very ingrammathical.
29 posted on 01/22/2003 2:42:25 PM PST by dead
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To: Taffini
You see, it all depends on what the meaning of "dismissed" is...
30 posted on 01/22/2003 2:42:57 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Shermy
Shoot.....it was on Court TV, I missed it!

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

31 posted on 01/22/2003 2:44:16 PM PST by Howlin (Fly your flag in support of President Bush's State of the Union Speech)
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To: Miss Marple
fyi..
32 posted on 01/22/2003 2:45:02 PM PST by Dog (TAG LINE SALE: Bargain basement prices all inventory must go --- -- Fast Doggies used tag lines.)
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To: Shermy
ON Court TV, Howlin!
33 posted on 01/22/2003 2:45:04 PM PST by spectre
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To: Shermy; spectre
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!

34 posted on 01/22/2003 2:45:44 PM PST by Howlin (Fly your flag in support of President Bush's State of the Union Speech)
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To: Shermy
"The case was dismissed. Therefore it never happened,"

No controlling legal authority.

35 posted on 01/22/2003 2:45:53 PM PST by angkor
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To: dead
It's not a mistake if it is corrected before it is pointed out.

AKA "The Ritter Defense".

36 posted on 01/22/2003 2:45:54 PM PST by Senator Pardek
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To: Howlin
So what does she mean by that comment??
37 posted on 01/22/2003 2:46:07 PM PST by Dog (TAG LINE SALE: Bargain basement prices all inventory must go --- -- Fast Doggies used tag lines.)
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To: spectre
Oh, they are trying to get him back!

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

38 posted on 01/22/2003 2:46:19 PM PST by Howlin (Fly your flag in support of President Bush's State of the Union Speech)
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To: Howlin
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!

39 posted on 01/22/2003 2:46:45 PM PST by spectre
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To: Shermy
"The case was dismissed. Therefore it never happened," Ritter said Wednesday.

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

40 posted on 01/22/2003 2:47:09 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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