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Okay. Someone has to do this so that we can keep track. On this thread, please give links for all the stories in print, in the news, on the radio, on the TV, and on the internet about Scott Ritter and the possible 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...

Police say they caught him trying to meet young girls over the internet...but former U.N. Weapons inspector Scott Ritter never spent a day in jail. Legal experts say that's unusual...most others accused of similar crimes meet a much different fate.   Jeffrey Johnson serving 7 years in prison...nabbed by police in 1997 for trying to hook up with a 12-year old girl he met on the Internet. Robert Rodriguez facing up to 15 years behind bars...for a similar crime involving a 14 year old. Former U.N. Weapons inspector Scott Ritter caught in 2001 for allegedly trying to meet a...

An attorney for Scott Ritter confirmed that the outspoken former U.N. weapons inspector, who says President Bush should be impeached for his Iraq policy, was arrested a year and a half ago. Scott Ritter mug shot (photo courtesy WNYT-TV) Norah Murphy said Ritter was arrested in the upstate New York town of Colonie in June 2001, but she would not respond to allegations that he was charged with soliciting an underage girl on the Internet. Ritter lives in the Albany, N.Y., suburb of Delmar. The Schenectady Daily Gazette and New York Daily News report Ritter allegedly had an online sexual...

  Ritter case handling prompts questions By MARK McGUIRE, Staff writerFirst published: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 Scott Ritter's legal problems will keep media pundits busy for months. The issues surrounding the case -- from separating private conduct and public policy to the fairness of leaking sealed court documents -- is ample fodder for dozens of columns. An example: Alan Chartock thinks there is something unfair about the handling of the Ritter case, which centers on a 2001 arrest only now being revealed. "Since we don't really know anything, under fair-play rules, a presumption of innocence until proven guilty ... it...