Governor Defends Aborting Sting ; Public Safety Director Made 'Judgment Call' to Stop Interception of Contraband, He Says.

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TROY -- Gov. Ted Strickland defended the decision of high- ranking state public safety officials to cancel a planned effort to intercept a contraband package for an inmate assigned to work at the governor's home.

Strickland said he reached different conclusions than state Inspector General Thomas Charles, who said in a report released Thursday that "avoiding political embarrassment to the governor was a key factor."

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Governor Defends Aborting Sting ; Public Safety Director Made 'Judgment Call' to Stop Interception of Contraband, He Says.

Cathy Collins-Taylor, Strickland's appointee as Ohio's director of public safety, canceled the State Hig...

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