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Leading Bush Iraq policy critic Scott Ritter was reportedly arrested, charged and prosecuted in 2001 as part of a cybersex police sting after he engaged in a sex chat with an underage girl who later turned out to be an undercover cop. Colonie Police in Albany County, where Ritter lives, said that the former U.N. weapons inspector "allegedly had a sexual discussion on the Internet" in June 2001 with the psuedo-underager, the New York Daily News said Sunday. But the case was mysteriously sealed and Colonie officials declined to release the arrest records. The matter was adjourned in local...

Delmar Weapons Inspector in Hot Water (updated: January 20th, 5:50pm) The spotlight is back on former UN Weapons Inspector and Delmar native, Scott Ritter. But it's not over Iraq instead its over charges he talked with an underage girl on the Internet. The Daily Gazette broke the story over the weekend. The paper says Ritter was arrested in June of 2001 after having a sexual conversation on the Internet with someone he "thought" was an underage girl. The girl turned out to be an undercover investigator. Sources tell NEWS10 that Ritter contacted what he thought was a teenage girl...

MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH 7PM; Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter, will be discussing / signing "ENDGAME: Solving The Iraq Crisis". Scott Ritter spent 7 years in Iraq as an arms inspector for the UN. His resignation in 1998 made front-page headlines around the world. But Ritter criticizes the US for squandering an international consensus on Iraq and trying to use the inspections process for uniquely American goals. He argues strongly against the proposed military strike against Iraq. Held at the Current Affairs Bookstore (619) 795-9899, 2536 University Ave. , San Diego, CA 92104

WAR WITH IRAQ? FORMER UN INSPECTOR SCOTT RITTER TO SPEAK AT WASHINGTON COLLEGE JANUARY 30 Chestertown, MD, January 6, 2003 - Scott Ritter, former Chief Weapons Inspector for the United Nations Special Commission in Iraq (UNSCOM), will discuss "WAR WITH IRAQ: HOW DID WE GET HERE" on Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 7:30 p.m. in Washington College's Hynson Lounge. This timely talk is free and the public is encouraged to attend. As a chief weapons inspector for the UNSCOM, Ritter was labeled a hero by some, a maverick by others, and a spy by the Iraqi government. Ritter has...

ALBANY, NY, Jan. 20 - Scott Ritter of Delmar is well known internationally as an outspoken, former U.N. weapons inspector. Now more information is coming to light about Ritter's past and a disturbing arrest. Police released this mugshot following the arrest of William Ritter in June 2001. Lindsay Cohen reports. COLONIE POLICE CANNOT comment on whether or not they actually arrested Ritter on charges he solicited an underage girl over the Internet. They say this is because if an arrest was made, it was sealed due to court proceedings. <....Snip...> However, NewsChannel 13 reported in June 2001 about an arrest...

Latest Capital News 9 article (Albany): Articles report dismissed charges Updated: 1/20/2003 12:36 PM By: Capital News 9 web staffAccording to newspaper reports this weekend, former UN weapons inspector and Delmar native Scott Ritter was arrested for a Class B misdemeanor.The Daily Gazette and Daily News said the incident happened back in June 2001. All records in the case, including the nature of the arrest have since been sealed.A veteran Albany County Assistant District Attorney was fired as a result of how the case was handled.District Attorney Paul Clyne has an office policy to always be informed when cases of...

This edition of Nationalsecurityonline’s commentary opens with 9 powerful quotes from an article that details Saddam Hussein’s illegal weapons of mass destruction programs. Anyone with lingering doubts about Saddam’s willingness and capability to maintain and develop weapons of mass destruction in violation of U.N. sanctions should read this entire article carefully. Put in proper perspective, the article shows that we should not be at all surprised that the Iraqis are not cooperating with U.N. weapons inspectors. Nor should we be surprised that the Iraqis are in possession of chemical-capable warheads in violation of U.N. resolutions or that an Iraqi scientist...

World Net Daily EYE ON THE GULF Reports: Scott Ritter arrested in sex sting Ex-weapons inspector pressing impeachment has own legal trouble -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: January 19, 2003 7:11 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Scott Ritter, the former weapons inspector who says President Bush should be impeached for his Iraq policy, was secretly arrested and prosecuted in New York 18 months ago after being caught in an Internet sex sting, say law enforcement sources in published reports. The Schenectady Daily Gazette and New York Daily News report Ritter was arrested in June 2001 for allegedly having an online sexual discussion with...

By MARNIE EISENSTADT Gazette Reporter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLONIE - The assistant district attorney who handled a 2001 misdemeanor charge against former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter has been fired for failing to tell her boss the case ever even existed. "I was shocked and angered to learn that the case had been disposed of by one of my assistant district attorneys without consulting me," said Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne. "Any arguably sensitive case should be brought to my attention." Details of the specific charge against Ritter, who sources said was arrested by Colonie police and charged with a class...

ALBANY - Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter was secretly prosecuted in Albany County in 2001 after he was snared in an Internet sex sting operation, law enforcement sources told the Daily News. Ritter, who lives in the Albany suburb of Delmar, is now a high-profile critic of President Bush's war preparations. He was arrested by Colonie Police in June 2001 on a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly had a sexual discussion on the Internet with an undercover investigator he thought was an underage girl, law enforcement sources disclosed on condition of anonymity. The case was sealed, and Colonie officials...

Is anyone watching Gretta on Fox. Scott Ritter is like a rabid dog. Gretta was threatening to cut the lunatic off repeatedly.

I was alerted to Pitt getting hung up by MSNBC and laughed at in a freepmail today. Yep it was true, lol in pitts own words........ My conversation with an MSNBC producer, or, The Coming Spin I got put on a bigass media list by my publisher today, about 100,000 different outlets. I immediately got about a billion pjhone calls; everyone seems to know the hammer is going to fall on Monday. One of the calls I got was from an MSNBC producer. "Hello, yes. I was wondering if you can get me in touch with some inspector-type people for...

all the flakes in LA Tonight Caltech's Social Activism Speaker Series brought erstwhile weapons inspector Scott Ritter to campus. Doors opened at 7:30, but I figured it would be popular, and I was the 10th person (or so) in line, shortly after 7. The Green Party, "War For Sale", and "Amnesty International" all set up tables right in front of the lilypond I'm always tempted to push people into, and boy was I tempted tonight. Some guy selling "Revolutionary Worker" papers came through the line and asked me if I understood that the United Nations was just rubberstamping Bush's war...

<p>Welcome back to LATE EDITION. Joining us now from Albany, New York, the former U.N. weapons inspector, Scott Ritter.</p> <p>Scott, thanks for coming on the program. What's your assessment? What's going to happen?</p> <p>SCOTT RITTER, FORMER U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTOR: Well, I have no doubt that weapons inspectors will return on the 18th with Hans Blix at the lead, and they will initiate their technical work to get prepared to do more in-depth inspections.</p>

Sponsored by the University of Maryland Peace Forum SEEpublicrelations@union.umd.edu On November 11 at 7:30 Scott Ritter, Marine Intelligence officer and former UNSCOM cheif weapons inspector, will present "War in Iraq: a View from the Inside" in the Grand Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland in College Park. Admission is FREE!! Sponsored by Student Entertainment Events. WHAT: "War in Iraq: a View from the Inside," featuring Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief Inspector WHEN: Monday, November 11 at 7:30 pm WHERE: Grand Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union University of Maryland, College Park Map of University of MD...

US anti-war groups flex their muscle Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles Tuesday October 22, 2002 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk Medea Benjamin has been close to both President Bush and his defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, over the past few weeks. So close, in fact, that she was arrested. Most memorably, Ms Benjamin was one of two women seen directly behind Mr Rumsfeld at last month's congressional hearings on Iraq holding an anti-war placard and later charged with "disruption of Congress". This Saturday, she will help lead what organisers hope will echo in scale the anti-war protests of the Vietnam era three decades...

Linda is going up against Scott Ritter coming up on FOX. Let's have some live comments here...this should be good

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On Sept. 12, one day after the people of the United States marked the one-year anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack on America, President Bush made a bold, impassioned plea to the General Assembly of the United Nations to come together and rein in the forces of lawlessness that stalk the globe. Oddly, nowhere in his address did the president mention Osama bin Laden or his al-Qaida organization that actually launched the attack that killed thousands of innocent Americans. Instead, the president's focus was on Iraq and Saddam Hussein. The president backed up his plea with a stark and accurate...

Scott Ritter What turned the hawkish Iraq weapons inspector into a dove? By Michael Crowley Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 10:51 AM PT If you've been paying any attention to the debate over invading Iraq, you're probably familiar with Scott Ritter, the blustery former U.N. weapons inspector who has spent the past few weeks vigorously denouncing the Bush administration's rush to war. Ritter's ubiquity has been breathtaking. Lately he has appeared on every major TV network and in a slew of major newspapers arguing that, contrary to what you may have heard, Iraq probably has no weapons of mass...