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ND-Dem

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35. more expert than you, i'd guess.

Sun Feb 8, 2015, 01:03 PM

Feb 2015

Then in May 1984 he was commissioned as an intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps. He served in this capacity for about 12 years.[2]

He served as the lead analyst for the Marine Corps Rapid Deployment Force concerning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iran–Iraq War.

[4] During Desert Storm, he served as a ballistic missile advisor to General Norman Schwarzkopf.

Ritter "ran intelligence operations for the United Nations"[6] from 1991 to 1998 as a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq in the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM), which was charged with finding and destroying all weapons of mass destruction and WMD-related manufacturing capabilities in Iraq. He was chief inspector in fourteen of the more than thirty inspection missions in which he participated.

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Scott Ritter: A Tipping Point Toward Chaos [View all] eridani Feb 2015 OP

Nice to hear from Scott again! 90-percent Feb 2015 #1

Scott was just released from jail for his fourth sex offense conviction.... msanthrope Feb 2015 #2

More importantly, Scott was a conduit for Ahmed Chalabi's disinformation about Iraq WMDs. leveymg Feb 2015 #53

Well, looks like Ritter had his hands in many dirty pies before he "turned." msanthrope Feb 2015 #62

I wouldn't include all the intelligence analysts on that list. leveymg Feb 2015 #63

Scott Ritter is currently in outpatient sex offender therapy, per his parole. msanthrope Feb 2015 #3

What if the government set him up? Octafish Feb 2015 #4

Four damn times? Twice before he ever spoke up about WMDs? Did they msanthrope Feb 2015 #5

Yeah, but...but...I got nothin'. randome Feb 2015 #7

Your jury results Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #23

Wow. That's...that's...I got nothin'. randome Feb 2015 #46

Where were the FEDs when one of their own was using the Internet to troll for minors? Octafish Feb 2015 #10

typical. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #11

Typical what, ignorance? Octafish Feb 2015 #15

did you know that hasnt a fucking thing to do with Ritter? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #17

What's McCarthyesque are your smears, Dreamer Tatum. Octafish Feb 2015 #21

Sorry, but when you try to CT away things that are inconvenient to your narrative Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #26

So, when you don't have anything to rebut with, your M.O. is to attack the messenger. Octafish Feb 2015 #29

No, you're a little more artful than that. You attack the messenger's source and rebut with nonsense Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #32

You sound mad -- angry, not crazy -- Dreamer Tatum. Octafish Feb 2015 #51

Thanks for speaking up and setting the record straight. FarPoint Feb 2015 #84

The review was completed at Sun Feb 8, 2015, 11:05 AM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2015 #24

Dear Juror #1 Octafish Feb 2015 #55

+1...nt SidDithers Feb 2015 #86

And this exonerates Ritter, how? Did someone use a time machine to go msanthrope Feb 2015 #12

It's not meant to exonerate anyone. It shows how corrupt the government is. Octafish Feb 2015 #14

Actually you do know he's a predator. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #18

Link? Or is it one of those things, "Take my word on it." Octafish Feb 2015 #22

It's a condition of parole, Octa. You admit to your crime. It's also a condition of being in an msanthrope Feb 2015 #41

How do you know "they" didn't MAKE him say that? hughee99 Feb 2015 #43

results Go Vols Feb 2015 #57

I have no opinion about Ritter's actions, but i do know something about Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #50

If I thought Ritter were actually innocent, I'd be concerned. But I tend to think msanthrope Feb 2015 #65

I'm concerned about the process, not about Ritter. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #67

Oh--I am not disagreeing with your second paragraph.....just questioning the efficacy of using msanthrope Feb 2015 #69

In tactical terms, you're right, I'm sure. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #71

Except there is no message from Ritter. randome Feb 2015 #73

Yes they are Jim Beard Feb 2015 #77

Are you saying there is a good image of them that we're simply overlooking? randome Feb 2015 #78

Even if its just as evil people? Jim Beard Feb 2015 #83

Totally agree with you. Back when, when we were desperate for voices against UTUSN Feb 2015 #8

Well..I maintain that a man more interested in the cause than himself might msanthrope Feb 2015 #9

Yip, it opens up a rational trail of speculation: UTUSN Feb 2015 #13

Hubris--there's an endless supply of it. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #45

In that regard, it parallels stupidity. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #68

He's probably a fit source for commentary on the Middle East. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2015 #20

Maybe. And David Duke may have a really great blueberry pie recipe. Thing is, there's msanthrope Feb 2015 #47

That does not wipe his brain of info about the Middle East n/t eridani Feb 2015 #88

You find an ME expert who isn't a sex offender? Can't you see the problem here? nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #89

And Ritter is now an expert on ISIS because...:shrug:? randome Feb 2015 #6

He had time to study up on it while in the slammer! greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #19

more expert than you, i'd guess. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #35

Well, ISIS didn't exist back then but sure, he may be privy to information I would not. randome Feb 2015 #48

k/r marmar Feb 2015 #16

Character assassination of a convicted sex offender? tabasco Feb 2015 #27

Fine. What does it have to do with ISIS? marmar Feb 2015 #28

You're the one that brought up the issue of Ritter's character tabasco Feb 2015 #31

So in other words, you don't have an answer. marmar Feb 2015 #34

Actually, it seems you do not, so allow me to assist: tabasco Feb 2015 #72

Just horrible what he was tricked into...oops..I mean what he did. elias49 Feb 2015 #30

... Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #33

Who tried what with Assange? nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #40

... SidDithers Feb 2015 #87

He is so right on this. Autumn Feb 2015 #25

There are many experts on the subject that I can turn to. trumad Feb 2015 #36

Another expert. JEB Feb 2015 #38

Because the government never sets anybody up. Octafish Feb 2015 #52

stop it. trumad Feb 2015 #54

For pointing out the government lies? Octafish Feb 2015 #56

Just trying to help. trumad Feb 2015 #58

So, guilt by association, rather than what I wrote. Octafish Feb 2015 #59

Meh. Pointless to argue with one who is elias49 Feb 2015 #61

No you didn't do a funny.. trumad Feb 2015 #70

Ritter was right on WMD's and right on this. JEB Feb 2015 #37

so fucking what... trumad Feb 2015 #39

Jeebus--it's like we're so starving for experts on the Middle East we have to go with the msanthrope Feb 2015 #42

More interested in his take on ISIS than his "other activities". JEB Feb 2015 #44

Fuck that sick fuck and his opinion. trumad Feb 2015 #49

As a matter of fact Ritter didn't elias49 Feb 2015 #74

Your right... trumad Feb 2015 #75

I just wanted you to correct your misinformation. elias49 Feb 2015 #76

The only mistake I made was... trumad Feb 2015 #79

Key mistake old chap. nt elias49 Feb 2015 #80

ok... trumad Feb 2015 #81

It is not complicated. Fuck ISIS. Destroy every atom of Lint Head Feb 2015 #60

Scott Ritter right again. elias49 Feb 2015 #64

Why would you compare Snowden to a convicted sex offender? I'm a bit puzzled by your choice of msanthrope Feb 2015 #66

Scott Ritter? bluestateguy Feb 2015 #82

How come nobody mentioned the concept of rehabilitation? 90-percent Feb 2015 #85