Discrediting critics of the state, particularly those that people listen to, comes in many forms. See previous post.
Scott Ritter was the most authoritative critic of the Bush WMD claims and Iraq policy. He resigned as UN chief weapons inspector to Iraq in 1998 over the lethal sanctions that caused the death of up to 1 million Iraqis.
Last month he was convicted of having unlawful contact with a minor, after being nabbed in an online sex sting.
Scott Ritter, 49, exchanged explicit messages with a detective posing as a 15-year-old girl and masturbated even after the undercover officer stressed during the chat that he was a minor, prosecutors said.
A jury in the US state of Pennsylvania found Ritter guilty on six counts on April 15, with sentencing set for next month.
This looks like revenge for Ritter's break with the establishment over Iraq. He was previously a card carrying republican, rather like Dr Steve Pieczenik.
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