WOW! I somehow missed the Scott Ritter/child molester story...

[skypilot]

...that Rhandi Rhodes just mentioned. I had no idea that he had been slandered like that. Did you guys follow this story?

[jonnyblitz]

1. christ . everytime somebody brings Ritter up

several people bring the molestation thing up to imply that it discredits anything he has to say. It's very surprising this is the first you have heard of this...

[skypilot]

2. I'm surprised, too.

Looks like I have some Googling to do. The only thing I can think is that at some point I must have gotten completely overloaded with the outrage-a-day nature of this administration. There just wasn't enough room for one more outrage.

[bossfish]

3. It's been debunked...

tempest in a teapot

[jonnyblitz]

17. thats cool. I never heard the debunking story

but since I like Ritter I will take your word for it.

[Pastiche423]

4. What did Randi say about it?

[skypilot]

6. She was just listing a number of people...

...that the Bush administration had smeared when those people didn't toe the party line.

[bolokshi]

16. You Think They'll Take....

the same line with Senator McCain or he is too much for them. He seem pretty peeed up so much so as walking out when that prick of a guy (James Inhofe) was speaking.

[Miss Authoritiva]

19. Well, they have before.

Check out Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars..." book.

[dsc]

5. It isn't slander

The man pled guilty to improper contact (via the computer) to what he thought was a minor. The fact his punishment was so light, likely means that either the behavior wasn't too bad or the case was weak but the man pled guilty.

[formernaderite]

7. I remember reading somewhere that his slavic wife was barely legal....

...when he wed her.

[thebigidea]

9. apparently, the war Ritter tried to stop was barely legal too.

In fact, pretty damn illegal.

[formernaderite]

20. LOL....good one...

[redqueen]

21. Are you sure?

I thought I remembered reading that the case was dismissed, and that the records were sealed. I also read that the journalist who leaked the details was breaking the law since the records were sealed, but that there was never any action taken on that criminal act.

You said that the punishment was light - what exactly was the punishment?

[patricia92243]

8. Too many scandles - I can't remember who Scott Ritter is???

[SonofMass]

15. Light a candal for him..

.

[WilliamPitt]

10. FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1582975&mesg_id=1582975

and here:

[riverwalker]

11. They pulled out all the guns to destroy him

it was vicious and ruthless. He flirted with a teen aged girl in a chat room, big deal. I wouldn't be surprised if he was set up. They made it sound like he was molesting 3 year olds.

"Calling Maj. Ritter" is a great article by Col. David Hackworth.
http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourceFileView?file=Hackworth_021104.htm

[WilliamPitt]

12. The teenage girl turned out to be a 50 year old cop

[dsc]

13. that is a very common technique for cyber crime

If either of us had done what he did, we would not be teachers anymore at the very least.

[seabeyond]

14. scott ritter work for clarke?

?

[Lisa0825]

18. I saw a video of Ritter giving a speech on Iraq and WMDs...

It was a fantastic speech! The video belonged to a local peace group, but no one rememberes where they got it. Does anyone here know where I could find it?