An Alabama state Web site that stated domestic terrorists are found in many environmental, anti-abortion, gay rights, anti-war and other movements has been taken down to be "tweaked" after it sparked controversy across the Internet.

The site sparked a flood of blog comments and e-mails to the Alabama Department of Homeland Security accusing the department of using the terrorist label to widely. Homeland Security Director Jim Walker said that, while he didn't agree with the complaints, the site is being revised.

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The information was intended to help people spot terrorists. The Web site said that, in addition to hate groups and separatist groups, domestic terrorists are found in many single-issue movements. Among them are anti-government groups that believe the "current government is violating the basic principles laid out by the U.S. Constitution."

"In general, these terrorists claim that the U.S. government is infringing on their individual rights, and/or that the government's policies are criminal and immoral," the Web site stated. "Such groups may hold that the current government is violating the basic principles laid out by the U.S. Constitution and that a new world order is attempting to enslave humanity."

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Walker said the information was borrowed with permission from an anti-terrorism site sponsored by the state of Pennsylvania. That site is still operational.

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The information was posted for years without a complaint, Walker said. It was taken down earlier this month.