Feds obtain sealed case of Ritter's arrest

AP | 1/25/03

[kattracks]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Federal authorities have obtained the sealed records in the alleged Internet sex sting of former U.N. chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter to review for possible federal charges.

State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi signed an order Thursday requiring police and Albany County prosecutors to provide records and any evidence to the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office.

Federal authorities filed a motion earlier in the week to obtain the records to determine whether federal laws were violated, the Daily Gazette of Schenectady and the Times Union of Albany reported in Saturday editions.

Assistant U.S. Attorney William Pericak refused to comment to the newspapers. A message to his office by The Associated Press was not immediately returned Saturday.

Ritter, 41, a critic of the Bush administration's push toward war with Iraq, acknowledged his June 2001 arrest this week in national television appearances but said he was prohibited from discussing details because the charges had been dismissed and the records sealed.

Ritter has suggested recent news reports about the arrest were an attempt to silence him. He said the publicity has forced him to cancel a recent trip to Baghdad, where he said he would have offered an alternative to military action.

Broadcast reports when he was arrested and recent newspaper reports have indicated Ritter was caught in an Internet sex sting, something he did not admit.

At the time of the arrest, NBC station WNYT-TV of Albany reported that William Scott Ritter Jr. -- Ritter's full name -- was charged with trying to lure an undercover police officer posing as a 16-year-old girl to a restaurant.

WNYT broadcast Ritter's mug shot but did not make the connection to his role as the chief U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq during most of the 1990s.

He was charged with attempted endangerment of a child, a misdemeanor that carries up to 90 days in jail, reports said. The case was adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, meaning that if he stayed out of trouble for six months, the charges would disappear and the file would be sealed.

[Howlin]

For goodness sake, do NOT feed the monkey.

[Howlin]

Did I miss it? Did she talk about Ritter and the judge?

[eddie willers]

Plus, working in Russia for years and marrying a very young Russian girl.

I was just skimming the thread and thought you were talking about Oswald!.

[TLBSHOW]

When has the DU ever been right about anything??

or titled when has a democrat ever been right about anything?

[eddie willers]

"kitty ritter."

Heh heh heh....good one.

[nicmarlo]

Question:
You've spoke about having seen the children's prisons in Iraq. Can you describe what you saw there?

Scott Ritter:
The prison in question is at the General Security Services headquarters, which was inspected by my team in Jan. 1998. It appeared to be a prison for children -- toddlers up to pre-adolescents -- whose only crime was to be the offspring of those who have spoken out politically against the regime of Saddam Hussein. It was a horrific scene.

Actually I'm not going to describe what I saw there because what I saw was so horrible that it can be used by those who would want to promote war with Iraq, and right now I'm waging peace.

[TLBSHOW]

sorry it should be called

Threats I William Rivers Pitt have made against President Bush

by William Rivers Pitt

[William McKinley]

Did the Times report George W. Bush's DUI?

[AF68]

No. But I'd like to see Crier interview Ritter again -- only this time she has to wear a nuke suit and a respirator while trying to tie the president to a Ritter setup.

[cake_crumb]

I STILL don't know what to make of it. All the stories were slightly different. I think I'm gonna try to keep track of it though. Maybe it's just because I've distrusted UN for so many years that this story sounds like a coverup of idiocy...but then, they've given so much REASON to distrust them over the years!

[TLBSHOW]

bump post 166

[rolling_stone]

This has made my day...now if only the Raiders loose, It'll be a bang up weekend...

[TLBSHOW]

George W Bush, Political Terrorist
by William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Thursday, 23 May, 2002

The earthquake began on Thursday, May 16th: The Bush administration had been warned by the CIA months before September 11th of Al Qaida terrorists and plans to hijack airplanes. Nothing of substance was done to address the threat – "The proper agencies were warned," we were told, but no representative of any pertinent agency has since stepped forward to acknowledge receipt of any warnings. http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/05.24A.Political.Terror.htm

[cyncooper]

I knew once we had the name some research could get done. I didn't see it, but evidently Catherine Crier stated flat out when she had Ritter on her (Court TV? I think) show last week, that the judge was a Bush supporter who must have had a political motive to leak the arrest.

IF it turns out she was as wrong as could be, well...wouldn't that paint a different picture...

[Howlin]

Please keep that trash off here.

[TLBSHOW]

This one he took down..

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Pray for Peace Notebook - Latest news from Pray for Peace. William Rivers Pitt asks: Is Bush a fiend or just an idiot? Pray for Peace asks: Is Bush an Alien from Outerspace

[cyncooper]

To clarify:

I never bought Crier's assertion to begin with, that it was the judge, motivated politically on behalf of GWB for several reasons.

But if it turns out the judge isn't even the same guy she stated was down in Florida during the recount...well, somebody had to feed her that idea. We'll see.

[nicmarlo]

Maybe it's just because I've distrusted UN for so many years that this story sounds like a coverup of idiocy.

Flip a coin: trust Iraq?/trust the U.N.?

Gee....I don't.....who should we believe with this "Iraqi Screams for Help" story most? Maybe the U.N. and Iraq are in collusion? I say, distrust them equally. We're safer that way.....that Iraqi could have been a spy, a distraction, or, perhaps, genuinely wanting help.....how are we to know? However, I don't think the U.N. should have turned him over to Iraqi soldiers so quickly....it at least deserved attention. If the man was genuinely seeking help, he's now dead.

[TLBSHOW]

Do you know where the one is that Scott Ritters co author said for the FBI to track him down is located?

[Howlin]

I heard her say it myself. Your quote of her statement is spot on. And spectre heard her, too!

spectre, chime in here.