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.

[cyncooper]

Ritter: "Again, I don't want to get into that, I think that is a question that maybe you journalists should be delving into more."

That is EXACTLY how hillary couched it during her famous Today Show "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" spew.

[Dog]

Copycat found that gem and I posted a thread...

[nicmarlo]

I don't know if the bald/bold faced lie is in this book (it could be), but you all might be interested in it, I found it an enjoyable read about our language evolution:

Mother Tongue; English & How It Got That Way, by Bill Bryson.....

[sam_paine]

Play it as you wish, fellas, but I still think the language devolves from meaning to mere recital....-Sam

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bold-faced (bldfst)
adj.

1. Impudent; brazen: a bold-faced lie.
2. Printed in thick, heavy type.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
[Buy it]

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bold-faced

\Bold"-faced`\, a. 1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman.

I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced atheists of this age. --Bramhall.

2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face.

Note: This line is bold-faced nonpareil.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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bold-faced

adj : unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

[nicmarlo]

To me, that is more horrible than Saddam. If a "good" man is more concerned about an "issue" than he is about an evil man doing horrible things to babies.....it's just absolutely WRONG.....it makes Ritter no better than Saddam; he is an ACCOMPLICE TO ATROCITIES COMMITTED UPON BABIES.

[sarcasm]

I'll stick with bold-faced.

[sd-joe]

"was approved by Colonie Town Justice Peter Crummey."

Peter was a "Crummey" Justice.

[nicmarlo]

That is EXACTLY how hillary couched it during her famous Today Show "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" spew.

I didn't know that; I didn't watch it....wonder if she's been giving scuddy some directions?

[TLBSHOW]

sad part is when Scott Ritter under the name Karl Kammeron posted to me at another site about it after I asked that same question on Sunday he said this:

Rest assured, Toddie, what Scott would describe is nowhere as horrible as the sight of you trying to hit on Hartwick coeds in downtown Oneonta!

Heck he is the anti-wars God there.

Experts on Iraq have harsh words for U.S.

U.S. government officials have falsely linked Iraq to Sept. 11 to justify attacks against the country, a former U.N. official said at a SUCO forum Monday night.

"Understand, our country is getting ready to go to war against Iraq as we speak," said Scott Ritter, former chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq.

About 300 people attended the two-speaker forum, "Iraq: An Upcoming Target in the War on Terrorism," which was held in the Hunt Union Ballroom at the State University College at Oneonta.

Experts on Iraq have harsh words for U.S. (UN COMMIE ATTACKS US AND BUSH AT COLLEGE TALK)Posted on 01/29/2002 9:51 AM EST by TLBSHOW

[nicmarlo]

yw : )

[cake_crumb]

"Wonder if Scottie was forced to resign his position in 1998, the reason for which was 'sealed?'"

I don't know, though the thought's crossed my mind more than once in the past year. IMO, this story has got SUCH legs, it's goin' on an around the world marathon...and there's no telling WHAT juicy tidbits are going to come of it (no doubt confirming a lot of theories which started right here on FR and including stuff we never even *seriously* imagined)!

[nicmarlo]

The dis-Honorable Pretty Crummie (believed to have sealed Scuddy's records):

[cake_crumb]

"Ritter Speaks Out About the Right Wing Smear"

Leftist drivel like that is why this story has to be kept alive. (barf)

[cyncooper]

"Do you think this was an attempt to silence you?"

Ritter: "Again, I don't want to get into that, I think that is a question that maybe you journalists should be delving into more."

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That is EXACTLY how hillary couched it during her famous Today Show "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" spew.

I didn't know that; I didn't watch it....wonder if she's been giving scuddy some directions?

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http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/01/27/hillary.today/

'"Look at the very people who are involved in this. They have popped up in other settings. The great story here for anybody willing to find it, write about it and explain it is this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president," Mrs. Clinton said.'

Ritter's talking point is "the timing".

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Scotty-boy's boat is taking on water fast. He deserves to do time in the toughest federal prison there is.

[cake_crumb]

Ah yes, the children's prison. Looking back over all the things Scottie has said to the press, he's made an AWFUL LOT of statements look a LOT different in hindsight.

[cyncooper]

Purportedly Crummie is a Bush supporter. (According to those that watch Catherine Crier, who was alleging the judge was the culprit in leaking Ritter's shame to the media.)

I don't want to blindly defend someone because they might be a Bush supporter, but I do wonder if the judge thought the DA had signed off on the deal, and if he was as knowledgable about all details, etc.

[OldFriend]

Ooops, they forgot to mention that he was caught TWICE.....once trying to entice a 14 yr. old girl.

[OldFriend]

NYSlimes has yet to print ONE word about these arrests of Scott Ritter.