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US seizes Scott Ritter’s passport

Posted by Shyaku <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Shyaku' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 3, 2024, 9:26 pm

Pulls him off plane on way to Leningrad:

https://www.rt.com/news/598711-us-seizes-scott-ritters-passport/

Re: US seizes Scott Ritter’s passport .. for the censored UK audience link

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 3, 2024, 9:50 pm, in reply to "US seizes Scott Ritter’s passport"

https://swentr.site/news/598711-us-seizes-scott-ritters-passport/

The US State Department has seized the passport of former Marine and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, he told RT on Monday.

Ritter was on his way to Russia for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) when he was pulled off the plane and had his documents confiscated.

“I was boarding the flight. Three [police] officers pulled me aside. They took my passport. When asked why, they said ‘orders of the State Department’. They had no further information for me,” Ritter told RT. “They pulled my bags off the plane, then escorted me out of the airport. They kept my passport.”

Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, who later served as the US and UN weapons inspector in Iraq. He is also a RT contributor, writing about international security, military affairs, Russia, and the Middle East, as well as arms control and nonproliferation.

He most recently visited Russia in January, spending time in Chechnya, Moscow and St. Petersburg, among other places.

The most recent post on Ritter’s Telegram channel put the Clooney Foundation for Justice on notice for its alleged crusade against “Russian propagandists.”

“Here I am. In your face. If telling the truth about Russia makes me a propagandist in your book, then I accept the title,” he wrote. “Bring it on. I’ll school you on the First Amendment.”

“You have zero concept of what free speech is. Try and arrest me and you’ll find out. In spades. It’s war,” he added.

Did the same happen to Andrew Napolitano?

Posted by John Monro <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=John+Monro' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 4, 2024, 2:09 am, in reply to "US seizes Scott Ritter’s passport"

If you listen to Judging Freedom's latest podcast -

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/judging-freedom/id1591962689?i=1000657701399

he explains that he was supposed to be broadcasting from St Petersburg, but was unable to travel - cancelled for some reason.. But he didn't explain why? I was a bit suspicious about this, was he placed under some sort of of gagging order because of this, and has he complied?

Yes but without the passport seizure I think. Nm

Posted by Shyaku <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Shyaku' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 4, 2024, 3:33 pm, in reply to "Did the same happen to Andrew Napolitano?"

If you watch Ask the Inspector sashimi posted below ..

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 4, 2024, 6:46 pm, in reply to "Did the same happen to Andrew Napolitano?"

.. Ritter said, from memory, that he forewarned Judge Nap, so I got the impression that he didn't bother going to the airport (I think). Presumably he didn't want to reveal details if Ritter was to be embroiled in a legal case.

Judge Nap's vid - Ritter urged that he not go for other reasons, to do with their Russian sponsor

Posted by sashimi <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=sashimi' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 4, 2024, 7:12 pm, in reply to "If you watch Ask the Inspector sashimi posted below .."

- being arrested in Russia. This was before Ritter's passport was confiscated.

And finally .. Scott Ritter : On My Way to Russia I Met Big Brother (Nap)

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 4, 2024, 10:33 pm, in reply to "Judge Nap's vid - Ritter urged that he not go for other reasons, to do with their Russian sponsor"

Ahem! Vide infra (nm)

Posted by sashimi <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=sashimi' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 4, 2024, 11:17 pm, in reply to "And finally .. Scott Ritter : On My Way to Russia I Met Big Brother (Nap)"

Ta. Missed it nm

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 5, 2024, 12:06 am, in reply to "Ahem! Vide infra (nm)"

Anyone else find that question a bit weird

Posted by RaskolnikovX <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Raskolnikov' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 5, 2024, 8:14 am, in reply to "And finally .. Scott Ritter : On My Way to Russia I Met Big Brother (Nap)"

when Nap asked Ritter about his arrest, "Was I with you?" When I first heard that it sounded like he was saying, "Yeh I was in a massive K-hole and don't remember much; was I there?"

It's just an odd phrasing in any event.

...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

Scott Ritter: On My Way to Russia I Met Big Brother w/ Judge Nap LATER TODAY c. 16h BST

Posted by sashimi <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=sashimi' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 4, 2024, 8:18 am, in reply to "US seizes Scott Ritter’s passport"

Looking forward to more details, including the meddling from the Clooney Foundation for "Justice"

Scott Ritter discusses the forced postponement of his Russia Trip: Ask the Inspector

Posted by sashimi <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=sashimi' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 4, 2024, 8:33 am, in reply to "Scott Ritter: On My Way to Russia I Met Big Brother w/ Judge Nap LATER TODAY c. 16h BST"

https://rumble.com/v4zduez-ask-the-inspector-ep.-165.html

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