From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 16 2002 - 17:47:02 MDT
-- Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
> Damien Broderick wrote on Friday, September 13, 2002 2:29 am,
> > At 07:21 PM 9/11/02 -0600, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> > >I now have proof. ...
> > >Ritter currently in Bagdad claiming to all and sundry that he and
> > >the US knows that Iraq has no WMD, but it has been documented that
> he has
> > >received $400,000 from a Detroit based Islamic anti-American group
> >
> > Suppose, for the sake of argument, that Ritter (who was and is
> there, and
> > in a primo position to know the facts, unlike Mike or me) is
> correct?
>
>
> I must agree here. If Ritter is guilty, he might get money from
> pro-Iraqi
> sources as a reward. But if Ritter is innocent, he might get money
> from
> pro-Iraqi sources to document the truth. I can't see that the money
> provides evidence (much less "proof") either way.
a) Saddam and friends never pay anybody anything if it doesn't help
them, or do you, Harvey, think that Saddam Hussein is an altruistic
humanitarian?
b) How much access do you think Saddam gave to Ritter to explore
anyplace he wanted to in Iraq to 'prove' that Saddam has no WMD? Did
Ritter get carte blanche to inspect every closet and hovel in the
country? Did Ritter the civilian have any sort of useful intelligence
upon which to make such decisions if he did in fact have such access?
Without such intelligence and access, it is factually impossible for
Ritter to 'prove' that Saddam has no WMD, and therefore any movie he
produces is nothing but lies and propaganda, in the pay of an enemy of
the US who has sent teams to assassinate a US president, to sow
confusion, uncertainty and doubt in the US and the world.
If you can't see this truth, Harvey, I have serious concerns about you.
>
> Additionally, the amount seems small. Of the $400,000 that went to
> making
> the movie, Ritter only got $80,0000 of which he kept less than
> $50,000 after
> movie expenses. I can't see someone becoming a traitor and getting
> less the
> $50,000 as a reward almost a decade later.
Aldritch Ames sold the US out for smaller sums, a bit at a time.
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