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October 27, 2011

Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Jailed After Underage Sex Sting 
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Former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter has been sentenced
to up to 5.5 years behind bars in Pennsylvania after being convicted in
connection to an underage sex sting. He was arrested in 2009 after
exchanging explicit online messages with a detective posing as a 15
year-old girl. Ritter was a leading critic of the Iraq War.



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