There's very good reason to question Ritter's credibility on Iraq.

Scott Ritter returned to Iraq in 2000, at the invitation of President Saddam Hussein, who provided Ritter and a documentary film crew access to weapons facilities throughout the country so that Ritter could make a propaganda film presenting a more favorable portrait of the regime and to bolster Iraq's efforts to get sanctions lifted.

Iraqi-born American businessman Shakir Alkafajii, whose self professed goal is to end the sanctions against Iraq, accompanied Ritter as a "translator and cultural adviser," secured the travel visas for the crew and agreed to put up a $400,000 line of credit to finance the documentary.