Agency Apologizes for Militia Report on Candidates
Jefferson City -- Missouri's Department of Public Safety has apologized to 2008 presidential candidates Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin for a state-issued report linking their political causes to the "modern militia movement."
But critics of a controversial militia profiling report say the damage has already been done. And they want answers from Gov. Jay Nixon's administration about who authorized the report, why and at what cost to taxpayers.
The Missouri Information Analysis Center's controversial Feb. 20 report has created a nationwide firestorm among conservatives in the past 10 days because it indicates people who support small government, refuse to pay taxes, oppose abortion and illegal immigration and voted for Paul and third- party candidates like Barr and Baldwin for president in the November 2008 election have tendencies to join violent militias.
"They need to apologize to a lot of people," Baldwin said Tuesday in an interview with the News-Leader. "This smacks of totalitarian regimes of days gone by."
John Britt, director of the Department of Public Safety, apologized Monday in a letter to Paul, Barr and Baldwin for them being named in the report, which his office said he did not read prior to it being released. Britt said their names will be removed and the report will be reissued.
"Portions of that report may be easily construed by readers as offensive to supporters of certain political candidates or to those candidates themselves," Britt wrote in his apology letter to Paul, Barr and Baldwin. "I regret that those comments were ultimately included in the final report issued by the MIAC."
MIAC is a state agency that works with the federal Department of Homeland Security to compile intelligence reports for law enforcement agencies. It also issues reports about threats to public safety. Intended only for the eyes of highway patrolmen, the report was made public after it was leaked on the Internet.
Read more at: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090325/NEWS01/903250476...
"I'm sorry...we're just dumb government officials.."
"We didn't mean to THREATEN YOUR LIFE. It was a mistake. We're too incompetent to read."
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They need
to apologize to the militia too.
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Some of the comments in the
News-leader under this article show a scarily nazi mentality. The disinfo-trolls there are out in force. Sad.
Virginia fights Feds on "Fusion Center"!
The VA legislature is one local battleground where open government and civil liberties/privacy advocates are facing off against federal efforts to expand the reach of domestic intelligence gathering at the expense of democratic oversight.
To return to the bill that's currently moving through the Virginia state legislature, opponents of HB1007 suspect that the federal government is pushing the state to adopt the measure, which will render all of the Virginia Fusion Center's databases and records exempt from FOIA requests.
The bill also proposes to make Fusion Center employees exempt from subpoena in civil actions related to "criminal intelligence information," and it would grant to call-in tipsters immunity to defamation and invasion of privacy claims.
As opponents of domestic surveillance often point out, all domestic spying operations eventually turn their sights on political dissidents, if only to justify their funding in the absence of other threats.)
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/87503
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2008/03/fusion-center-m...
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Grab by the tail and don't let go
They need to see how deep and far the corruption behind this report goes.
Find a white oak tree in Missouri
And bring some rope.
Some apology. They've already placed their label on the
men and groups thus named.
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Oh, they didn't mean for
the association to be made public.
Well, that's perfectly all right then!
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Marilyn in Lake Jackson Oh,
Marilyn in Lake Jackson
Oh, so it was a report of potential threat only for the eyes of patrol officers, and that's supposed to make us feel better?
MarilynInLakeJackson
Necessary to freedom
Since when is participation in the institution designated by the Constitution as "necessary to" freedom despised by the government?
Land is a natural right.
If you read nothing else, read this: A Contract Between Americans
It's not just a Missouri issue!
There is a MIAC type center in every state except Idaho! They are all 'Fusion Centers' funding by the DHS ($327 million) they all share databases including from the FBI!
Missouri just happened to have one of these docs leaked...you can bet the other fusion centers have similar docs!
Want to see where yours is located in your state? See the map link in the OP of this thread and cases of overzealous abuse due to "profiling" in other states! See the suits being filed right now in other states!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/87058
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here is a digg
another article on the subject
http://digg.com/politics/State_official_apologizes_for_milit...
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Great coverage by the News-Leader
Sounds like they actually interviewed, Baldwin, Barr, Benton and others.
Freedom, Prosperity and Peace
Freedom, Prosperity and Peace
Apparently, the apology is not quite what was hoped for.
After removing the names of Dr.Paul, Barr and Baldwin , the paper will be re-issued and everyone profiled as a terrorist will still be a terrorist.
Please go to this link and join or support the Missourians who are heading to court with this.
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/87449
Unfortunately, these reports
Unfortunately, these reports are probably present in all the Fusion Centers. They will probably be the new KGB or Stasi HQs. The truth is, they are very sorry the memo leaked, not one bit sorry about slandering a huge percentage of the population.
What I want an answer to is this, "If people who believe in the Constitution are likely terrorists, to what do they hold allegiance?"
Pat
BOHICA!!
Pat
BOHICA!!
terrorist or patriot?
Who is the real terrorist? The one that upholds the core beliefs the country was founded on, or the one that is the antithesis of those beliefs?
Its pure irony that we are labeled terrorists for being americans.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants
Oh hey,
I blamed a murder on you and now you're a target. Sorry about that. I hope this apology helps as you run from the law enforcement.
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Sorry for
Sorry for putting what we talk about in a brochure. We'll still refer to ya'll as terrorists internally, but we won't put it in our pamphlets anymore.
That's what I got out of it.
Disband MAIC and MO State Highway Patrol
fire John Britt. Impeach Governor Jay Nixon.