http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4814681djg21 (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 10:06 PM
Original message
Ex-weapons inspector (Scott Ritter) convicted in sex case
Edited on Thu Apr-14-11 10:11 PM by djg21
Source: Albany Times Union
An eastern Pennsylvania jury has convicted a former U.N. weapons inspector from Delmar, who was nabbed in an online sex sting, on all but one count.
Jurors in Monroe County convicted Scott Ritter, 49, on six of seven counts, including unlawful contact with a minor.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Ex-weapons-insp...
Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth commence. (With a few choice comments to add to the entertainment.)
Keith Bee (623 posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 10:25 PM
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3. Don't contradict The Man
He will cook up shit on you.
Yeah, like undeniable internet video of you pulling your pud during a chat with someone you believe to be underage.
naaman fletcher (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 10:31 PM
Response to Reply #3
4. True
but it helps not to be guilty.
Ouch! Even I felt that one.
PSPS (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 10:40 PM
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5. More thought crime
From the linked article, Ritter's conviction included "unlawful contact with a minor." Then, later in the article, it says he "exchanged explicit messages with a detective posing as an underage girl." In other words, no real crime. Only thought crime.
So you're against stopping sexual predators before they irrevocably destroy the life of at least one minor. Got it.
Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 10:47 PM
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6. Whether or not he did this (for a court to decide) that doesn't change that we were lied to
And the war in Iraq was build on those lies
Uh-huh.
Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 11:33 PM
Response to Reply #6
16. Precisely, and the charges do smell bad, imho. K&R n/t
That's because Ritter got jizz all over them.
grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 10:50 PM
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7. how would they know if he masturbated while talking...
...to the adult man who was posing as an underage girl for purposes of entrapment?
Hmmmmmmm?????
What a crock.
It's called "video chat." Also, a lot of people who have challenged their arrests on "To Catch a Predator" have argued "entrapment." NONE of them have succeeded.
Lithos Lead Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 10:58 PM
Response to Reply #7
9. Supposedly video chat
Supposedly? You speak as if the explicit 20 minute video isn't a piece of evidence.
cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 11:00 PM
Response to Reply #9
11. So it was a one-way video chat?
It certainly could be, sparky. Not every computer has a webcam to send video, but they all can receive it.
And supposedly "he" (agent) was posing as a girl? I could understand if this was only text messages, but audio and video and that sort of interaction was "faked"? Hmm....
Yep. Cops have been doing it for years.
After this, there are a few more "How did they know he was masturbating?" and "BushCheney/theMan/thePowersThatBe are after him" comments. Clueless twats. Some amusing comments, though:
The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 11:17 PM
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13. Ritter is a giant in physical stature, quite a person/presents.
Yes, giant Christmas presents!
This isn't the first time he got busted for this, it really is hard to imagine he would do something like this.
Wait. The parsing of that sentence is very confusing. It's not the first time he's been caught doing this, so that makes it hard to imagine that he did it again? Yeah, because everyone who is currently in prison is a first-time offender. People learn their lessons and never again return to their lives of crime. FFS!!!
Dokkie (549 posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 11:25 PM
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15. f***
they finally got him with something. Now he cannot criticize the MIC and war mongers in govt. Just sad
I smell mole. Clue #1: under 1000 posts. Clue #2: "****" is censored. Clue #3: disagrees with the Hive mind that Ritter's criticisms are no longer valid.
crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-14-11 11:41 PM
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17. They have him masturbating on vid for what he believed
was a fifteen year old girl. He's done it before? IMHO, more reason to believe these recent charges. It's too bad, but people, in this situation he isn't one of the good guys.
"Show Dick some respect!"
