COLUMBUS — The terrorist attacks have caused militia groups to express support for the government and concern about how response to the attacks might affect civil liberties.

        Nella Van Dyke, an Ohio State University professor who monitors militia movements nationwide, said the crisis “has made them angry and has inspired their patriotism.”

        “They are talking about preserving the Constitution and worried about an international conspiracy to take over the Constitution,” she said.

        James J. Johnson founded the Ohio Unorganized Militia in the mid-1990s, then left the militia movement and now runs an Internet site from his home near Las Vegas.

        His online publication, Sierra Times, urges readers to help the U.S. government fight terrorists while working to halt encroachments on civil liberties.

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