RT.com – Aug 8, 2024
Federal agents and state police have searched the house of former US Marine and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter in New York state on Wednesday.
State Police and FBI agents descended on the street of Bethlehem township, south of Albany, around noon, according to the local outlet Times-Union. They carried “more than two dozen boxes” out of the house just before 5pm local time.
A search warrant was executed “related to concerns apparently the US government has about violations of the Foreign Agent Restriction Act (FARA)” Ritter told reporters gathered outside the house after the agents left.
He denied any allegations of wrongdoing and said the federal government was trying to intimidate him.
An FBI spokesperson confirmed “law enforcement activity in connection with an ongoing federal investigation,” but would say nothing further.
Ritter is a former US Marine Corps major who served as a UN weapons inspector in Iraq during the 1990s. He opposed the 2003 US invasion, insisting that Saddam Hussein’s government did not have weapons of mass destruction, as Washington claimed at the time.
He has also been an RT contributor and saw his passport seized by the US government when he tried to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in June.
Jim Hoffman, Ritter’s neighbor across the street for two decades, told the Times-Union that the former inspector has kept a low profile.
“When he came out against the Iraq War back in early 2000s, he was vilified everywhere,” Hoffman said. “Honestly, he was right. He said there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.”
Ritter himself has not posted anything about the raid on social media. His most recent post on X (formerly Twitter) was from Tuesday’s meeting with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The administrators of his Telegram channel posted photos of the raid and said they have not heard from him either.
They gave away Scott’s address. His town, street and house number. They usually avoid this to prevent some fruit-loop putting together an address from the news. Scott should be wary. These are cut-throat scumbags of the lowest order who are upset with him who may use the lone nutter excuse to silence him.
yup, enemy of the state.
Looks like he has received the same “accreditation” that helped Assange appear as anti-establishment.
SCOTT RITTERS TRAP
THE TRAP OF DECEPTION !
THE MASTER OF ALL TRAPS .
dont worry we are in same trap earth !
Not that anyone would actually do anything, but where is the partisan outrage in congress? This is happening (seemingly) every other day, all that taxpayer resource obviously being used for intimidation.
Enough for a class action easily.
While foot soldiers called immigrants massively cross the border the fbi is used as the kgb was in the USSR. Once a decent law enforcement agency now a hack agency for the deep state. I await all sorts of bad things about Scott the fbi will say they found.
Because of his investigative qualities Scott Ritter has become a danger for the global deep state and the FBI especially with his latest documentary “Agent Zelensky” ..
When exposing a crime it treated as committing a crime. You are being governed by criminals.
you might be right Simon…his credibility slipping? or needed to backup some coming event..?