Mar 29 2009
Under pressure, MIAC completely retracts report
In what appears to be a victory for those who actually support liberty in action as well as word, the Missouri Information Analysis Center completely retracted their report that said supporters of Ron Paul and other third party candidates were potential domestic terrorists.
Initially the state offered an official apology to Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin, but now they done what they should have initially.
In an email to supporters, John Tate, President of Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty , wrote:
Faced with an overwhelming public outcry, Missouri officials quickly started backpedaling, removing references to Ron Paul and Campaign for Liberty.
Then, just hours before Dr. Paul’s plane touched down in St. Louis to lead our Celebration of Freedom rally Friday night, the Missouri Highway Patrol officially retracted the entire offending document.
The Missouri Highway Patrol will be performing an investigation into the origin of the report. Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder has even called for the suspension of the Director of Public Safety until those responsible have been identified.
Well, very good. We shall have to see what comes of this. Surely this is not the only report out there to make such claims, just one that happened to make it to the public.
