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I don't recall asking you anything. Now go sit in the corner and stop trolling.
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Some may have heard of Scott Ritter in the past. He was a former U.S. Marine Intelligence Officer, a former U.N. Weapons Inspector and is currently a journalist who is quite knowledgeable on certain global conflicts, in particular the war in Ukraine. Some, however, choose to focus solely on the fact that he was the subject of 2 law enforcement sting operations. Wikipedia sums it up:
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Arrests and conviction for sex offenses
Ritter was the subject of two law enforcement sting operations in 2001.[39] He was charged in June 2001 with trying to set up a meeting with an undercover police officer posing as a 16-year-old girl.[40][41] He was charged with a misdemeanor crime of "attempted endangerment of the welfare of a child". The charge was dismissed and the record was sealed after he completed six months of pre-trial probation.[41][8]
Ritter was arrested again in November 2009[42] over communications with a police decoy he met on an Internet chat site. Police said that he exposed himself, via a web camera, after the officer repeatedly identified himself as a 15-year-old girl.[5]
The next month, Ritter waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was released on $25,000 unsecured bail. Charges included "unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communications facility, corruption of minors, indecent exposure, possessing instruments of crime, criminal attempt and criminal solicitation".[2] Ritter rejected a plea bargain and was found guilty of all but the criminal attempt count in a courtroom in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, on April 14, 2011.[5][43]
In October 2011, he received a sentence of one and a half to five and a half years in prison.[3] He was sent to Laurel Highlands state prison in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in March 2012 and paroled in September 2014.[4][7][8]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter#Arrests_and_conviction_for_sex_offenses
Now if that's all he had ever done, that'd be one thing, but as mentioned already, he was also a well regarded U.S. Marine Intelligence Officer, U.N. Weapons Inspector, and now, a very respected journalist, at least by people I personally respect, and also has his own substack page where he posts many articles on subjects like the Ukraine war that I think are quite good. Today, he posted an article I've made a thread out of, here, where he writes about an interview he had with a Russian Colonel in regards to the Ukraine war and the West's relationship with Russia:
A View from the Frontlines | justplainpolitics.com
Anyway, I decided to make this thread to try to have a respectful debate with people who have generally been respectful with me, and also as a sort of bookmark to direct anyone who brings up this old canard.
Is there a point to this?
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FWIW, I fell into the same pothole.
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Honest men can't be lured, dear. Jus' sayin'. He was arrested twice on separate offenses years apart and did two and a half years in prison for being a pedo.
[..] a "former Marine" is a dead Marine. An ex-Marine is one who was tossed out of the Marine Corps.
This x1000 ^^^
It's not entrapment and it's a matter of intent, not action. Scott Ritter is a pedo.He was entrapped twice. No minors were involved either time. There are also aspects of his case, such as the unsealing of the initial case by party(ies) unknown, that suggest that powerful people wanted to smear his name.
I hope Pedo Ritter goes away for a very long time.FBI raids home of former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter
FBI raids home of former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter
It's not entrapmentHe was entrapped twice. No minors were involved either time. There are also aspects of his case, such as the unsealing of the initial case by party(ies) unknown, that suggest that powerful people wanted to smear his name.
I hope Pedo Ritter goes away for a very long time.
Disagreed since Ritter wasn't innocent. He was seeking to have sex with a minor. Scott Ritter is a pedophile and he deserves to go to prison for it.It was the very definition of entrapment:
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- noun law Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
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The reason for the raid is because he's a traitor and a pedo.He wasn't jailed, or even charged with a crime. There's plenty of evidence that the raid and subsequent SWATing of his house were done solely to intimidate him. I get into details in the following thread:
A Video Response to the FBI Raid on Scott Ritter's House | Scott Ritter
Some here may know that I'm a pretty big fan of former Marine Intelligence Officer, UN Weapons Inspector and Journalist Scott Ritter. As a recent yahoo article points out, the raid "came a day after Ritter posted a photo of him grabbing a bite with independent presidential candidate, Robert F...politicalhotwire.com
Disagreed since Ritter wasn't innocent. He was seeking to have sex with a minor.It was the very definition of entrapment:
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- noun law Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
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The reason for the raid is because he's a traitor and a pedo.He wasn't jailed, or even charged with a crime. There's plenty of evidence that the raid and subsequent SWATing of his house were done solely to intimidate him. I get into details in the following thread:
A Video Response to the FBI Raid on Scott Ritter's House | Scott Ritter
Some here may know that I'm a pretty big fan of former Marine Intelligence Officer, UN Weapons Inspector and Journalist Scott Ritter. As a recent yahoo article points out, the raid "came a day after Ritter posted a photo of him grabbing a bite with independent presidential candidate, Robert F...politicalhotwire.com
The link and knowledge of US law is enough to prove the point that this wasn't a "Swatting" as you claimed.You've shown no evidence for either of your assertions.
Wanting to masturbate in front of teen girls is part of "grooming" them for sex. It's Stage 4 as noted below:Again, I've seen no evidence that Ritter was "seeking to have sex with a minor". I have seen evidence that he was seeking to do things of an exhibitionist nature with adult females, which he was apparently trying to do on an almost daily basis at the time. It's all there in Wikipedia's entry on him for those who look carefully:
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In the early 2000s, Ritter and his wife Marina joined Delmar’s volunteer Fire Department. Ritter became one of its most active members, and was eventually selected as an assistant chief. According to court testimony, by 2004 when Ritter stopped attending therapy, he had made an almost daily habit of trying to meet women from chat rooms, in cars or out-of-the-way places, so they could watch him masturbate. Ritter has blamed this behavior on his ongoing depression.
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Scott Ritter - Wikipedia
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Naturally, the mainstream media being what it is, we don't hear about this, but instead only hear about the 2 times that undercover officers lured him into agreeing to meet or expose himself to them.
Wikipedia itself distorts the truth too. Immediately after the above text, they state the following:
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In 2009, when Ritter's sexual offenses with a minor became public, he lost the only regular job he had had in recent years, writing analyses on world events for a private energy firm, and was reported to be heavily in debt.
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I have found absolutely no evidence that Ritter engaged in "sexual offenses with a minor". What we have hear is a classic case of sloppy reporting. Mr. Ritter was only ever charged with either agreeing to meet with or exposing himself to undercover officers who were -pretending- to be minors.
The link and knowledge of US law is enough to prove the point that this wasn't a "Swatting" as you claimed.You've shown no evidence for either of your assertions.The reason for the raid is because he's a traitor and a pedo.He wasn't jailed, or even charged with a crime. There's plenty of evidence that the raid and subsequent SWATing of his house were done solely to intimidate him. I get into details in the following thread:I hope Pedo Ritter goes away for a very long time.FBI raids home of former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter
A Video Response to the FBI Raid on Scott Ritter's House | Scott Ritter
Some here may know that I'm a pretty big fan of former Marine Intelligence Officer, UN Weapons Inspector and Journalist Scott Ritter. As a recent yahoo article points out, the raid "came a day after Ritter posted a photo of him grabbing a bite with independent presidential candidate, Robert F...politicalhotwire.com
So, besides Ritter being a pedo and a traitor, he's also a drama queen?I'm going to assume that the link you're referring to is the one that Guno provided, as opposed to the one I provided. Guno's link, which goes to an article from newsnationnow.com, only mentions the initial raid by the FBI. It doesn't mention the subsequent SWATing, also initiated by the FBI, but apparently carried out by the local police department. Scott Ritter goes into detail on this subsequent raid in a video response he made to both the FBI raid -and- the SWATing. It can be seen here:
A Video Response to the FBI Raid on Scott Ritter's House
An earlier version of this post omitted the video.scottritter.substack.com
He gets into the SWATing of his home in the following video, starting at around 9:21. Below is the transcript:
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The intimidation process didn't stop with the seizure of my archive and the electronic devices by the FBI. Last night, we were SWATed. Ofcourse, the extensive media coverage of the raid has allowed people to get my address, the location of my home, how my home looks, what my cars look like, what the license plates of my car, they doxxed me, basically, the FBI doxxed me. They may not have done it wittingly, but it's been done.
And last night, the FBI flagged a so-called email chain that alleged that somebody affiliated with my household was threatening to carry out a mass shooting, and this prompted a SWAT team from the Bethlehem Police Department to arrive at my house. Now, the good news is that I have a great relationship with the Bethlehem Police Department. They didn't come in guns blazing. In the past, unfortunately, police departments have responded to SWATing calls and it's ended tragically for the people were supposedly trying to protect. The Bethlehem Police Department was extraordinarily professional, they recognized immediately what was happening and they have promised me that they will treat future incidents of this nature responsibly, meaning they have to respond, they have to follow up, but they aren't going to come in guns blazing. But it's disturbing, it's disconcerting, it disrupted my wife's sleep, it's part of a pattern of intimidation that's taking place at the behest of the United States Government, using the FBI as the tool. This isn't what the FBI was created for. This isn't how the United States Government is supposed to be acting. This isn't what the founding fathers of the United States wanted for their country when they wrote the Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press. These are being violated right now. So, for all the people out there who don't like me, there are many of you who don't support what I'm saying, and there are many of you, understand this, there buy for the grace of God, go you. If you're a journalist, you cannot support the United States Government seeking to suppress the free speech rights of a journalist, and whether you like me or not, I am a journalist, with a long and distinguished record of publishing materials in a variety of outlets in the United States and around the world. So this is something that everybody should be concerned about and I will just say is, stay tuned. Tune in Friday night...
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His last comment refers to an Episode 183 of his "Ask the Inspector" series, hosted by Jeff Norman, wherein he takes questions from his audience. It can be seen here:
Ask the Inspector Ep. 183
Scott Ritter answers questions from the audience with host Jeff Norman most Friday nights at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET/1 AM GMT and most Tuesdays at noon PT/3PM ET/8PM GMT.odysee.com
So, besides Ritter being a pedo and a traitor, he's also a drama queen?I'm going to assume that the link you're referring to is the one that Guno provided, as opposed to the one I provided. Guno's link, which goes to an article from newsnationnow.com, only mentions the initial raid by the FBI. It doesn't mention the subsequent SWATing, also initiated by the FBI, but apparently carried out by the local police department. Scott Ritter goes into detail on this subsequent raid in a video response he made to both the FBI raid -and- the SWATing. It can be seen here:
A Video Response to the FBI Raid on Scott Ritter's House
An earlier version of this post omitted the video.scottritter.substack.com
He gets into the SWATing of his home in the following video, starting at around 9:21. Below is the transcript:
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The intimidation process didn't stop with the seizure of my archive and the electronic devices by the FBI. Last night, we were SWATed. Ofcourse, the extensive media coverage of the raid has allowed people to get my address, the location of my home, how my home looks, what my cars look like, what the license plates of my car, they doxxed me, basically, the FBI doxxed me. They may not have done it wittingly, but it's been done.
And last night, the FBI flagged a so-called email chain that alleged that somebody affiliated with my household was threatening to carry out a mass shooting, and this prompted a SWAT team from the Bethlehem Police Department to arrive at my house. Now, the good news is that I have a great relationship with the Bethlehem Police Department. They didn't come in guns blazing. In the past, unfortunately, police departments have responded to SWATing calls and it's ended tragically for the people were supposedly trying to protect. The Bethlehem Police Department was extraordinarily professional, they recognized immediately what was happening and they have promised me that they will treat future incidents of this nature responsibly, meaning they have to respond, they have to follow up, but they aren't going to come in guns blazing. But it's disturbing, it's disconcerting, it disrupted my wife's sleep, it's part of a pattern of intimidation that's taking place at the behest of the United States Government, using the FBI as the tool. This isn't what the FBI was created for. This isn't how the United States Government is supposed to be acting. This isn't what the founding fathers of the United States wanted for their country when they wrote the Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press. These are being violated right now. So, for all the people out there who don't like me, there are many of you who don't support what I'm saying, and there are many of you, understand this, there buy for the grace of God, go you. If you're a journalist, you cannot support the United States Government seeking to suppress the free speech rights of a journalist, and whether you like me or not, I am a journalist, with a long and distinguished record of publishing materials in a variety of outlets in the United States and around the world. So this is something that everybody should be concerned about and I will just say is, stay tuned. Tune in Friday night...
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His last comment refers to an Episode 183 of his "Ask the Inspector" series, hosted by Jeff Norman, wherein he takes questions from his audience. It can be seen here:
Ask the Inspector Ep. 183
Scott Ritter answers questions from the audience with host Jeff Norman most Friday nights at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET/1 AM GMT and most Tuesdays at noon PT/3PM ET/8PM GMT.odysee.com
I could only find links to the FBI raid, not this supposed "swatting", although I have no doubt the local police showed up at his door for some reason.