US STATE DEPARTMENT FORCES SCOTT RITTER OFF PLANE TO RUSSIA, CONFISCATES PASSPORT
Former US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter to Sputnik:
“As I was boarding my flight out of New York I was pulled aside by three CBP officers, who seized my passport. When asked why, they said orders of the State Department. No further information was provided. My bags were removed from the flight, and I was escorted out of the airport.”
Ritter was set to speak at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
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Scott Ritter was removed from a plane in the USA, preventing him from flying to Russia for SPIEF 2024.
“The US government removed me from the flight and confiscated my passport. This time I am not flying to any Russia. The State Department seized my passport. So no, I'm not flying. “I’m fine, just annoyed,” a former Marine intelligence officer told RT. x.com
Jackson Hinkle:-
The State Department might have BLOCKED Scott Ritter & Judge Napolitano from coming to Russia today — but they can’t silence these men.
I will make sure that their message is heard by the world at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this week. x.com