whatever happened to scott ritter??

[leftwingnut]

anyone know?? I saw him blasting bush* weekly before the invasion....I haven't seen him on any news shows or channels lately...any info??

[private_ryan]

1. maybe the feds are investigating his underage sex thing

it was settled locally, but it's a federal offense too. A very serious one with a 15 year sentence I think. I would be laying low too.

[DS1]

2. Thought he was cleared of all charges...

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[private_ryan]

5. nope

they were settled with the LOCAL police. Double jeopardy doesn't apply either since he allegedly broke two different laws, one fed one NY. That's stupid IMO, he did one thing and should be charged once, not twice.

On edit: He wasn't cleared. he pleaded guilty to something and was sentenced to probation if I remember correctly. Big difference.

[dfong63]

14. i don't think that's accurate

i don't think Ritter pled guilty to anything. however, if given the circumstances, you KNOW the bait had to have been wired and the whole operation on video. if anything improper had occurred, they would have crucified Ritter. i don't pretend to know the whole story, but i'm sure it's a setup of some kind.

[DBoon]

3. Article explains underage sex thing

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j012203.html

And how this has made public speaking difficult for him:

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1002475/posts

[private_ryan]

7. in all honesty

if Sean Hannity or Dick Perle was accused of the same thing, we'd be all over them too. It's fair game in today's political climate.

[buycitgo]

12. or John Fund?

what about him?

nobody does anything about that slime.....


even Eric Alterman defends him, and got caught for his trouble by somebody.....can't remember who it was, but there was an exchange between them aired here awhile back.

[private_ryan]

13. what did he do?

he was accused of beating his girlfriend and it turned out that she made it up. His fault?

[glarius]

15. I read somewhere that Fund got his girl friend's daughter pregnant

Is that correct?

[leftwingnut]

9. thanks for the info....

:-)

[radwriter0555]

4. Well it appears he was right and the bush regime was wrong...

about all those wmds that don't actually exist after all.

Go figure.

[leetrisck]

6. He's made a few speeches around the country

but the sex story really seemed to scare people off booking him on their shows; however, I believe Scott Ritter - think back - it was like he was almost panicky in his effort to get people to believe him and to stop us from attacking Iraq. It appears more and more as if Scott Ritter had it right.

[buycitgo]

8. funny you should mention that......you can hear him shortly.........

here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=961689

[Chango]

10. I read a new Ritter interview just the other day

It appears he's coming out fresh and re-energized.

[AngryAmish]

11. Was he diddling or not?

If he was, he is toast. If not, then he can be a good source. He needs to come forward once and for all and state his position vis-a-vis underage diddling.