Story Created:
Mar 26, 2009 at 1:01 PM CDT
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Mar 26, 2009 at 1:01 PM CDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon says the "overzealousness" of a Missouri State Highway Patrol unit is to blame for a
report linking various right-wing organizations with the modern militia movement.
The Highway Patrol is no longer distributing the report because of the controversy. The report says many militia members are part of anti-abortion or anti-immigration movements and support Ron Paul or other third-party presidential candidates.
Nixon told reporters Thursday that no one in his administration, nor anyone he hired, reviewed the report before it was distributed to police across the state. The Democratic governor defended police intelligence-gathering efforts.
The Highway Patrol superintendent and state public safety director plan to review all future reports.
Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has demanded disciplinary action against Nixon's public safety director.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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