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Asst. D.A. fired after story came to lightJan. 21 -- Cynthia Preiser, the assistant district attorney who handled Ritter's case, was dismissed last week. Lindsay Cohen reports. ALBANY, NY, Jan. 21 - The June 2001 arrest of former U.N. weapons inspector and Delmar resident Scott Ritter has made many headlines this week. Ritter faced misdemeanor charges for trying to solicit an underage girl for sexual acts. But the effects of his arrest ripple far beyond it. THOSE EFFECTS INVOLVE the firing of Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Preiser. Neither Preiser nor Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne will talk to NewsChannel...

<p>ALBANY, N.Y. — A former U.N. weapons inspector was arrested in 2001 during an Internet sex sting operation and was under investigation for a similar incident months before his arrest, according to published reports.</p> <p>The arrest of Scott Ritter, 41, who served as a weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991-98, was first reported by The Daily Gazette of Schenectady on Saturday.</p>

Ritter speaks out against Bush administration A Delmar resident and former U.N. weapons inspector is speaking out against the Bush administration. Scott Ritter was in San Diego Tuesday, discussing his new book "Endgame: Solving the Iraq Crisis" despite reports that Ritter was arrested by Colonie police two years ago for allegedly logging onto a sex chat room being run as a police sting. Ritter called on President Bush to look for a peaceful resolution with Iraq. He said almost all of Iraq's weapons were accounted for and destroyed four years ago. Ritter served as Chief Inspector in Iraq for most...