I agree. I think it is law enforcement just trying to conflate the two so that they can use all their new terror-fighting tools against common crimes by labeling them as "terror related." Any sector of government tries to expand their empire -- law enforcement included. They now have enormous powers granted them to sidestep certain legal restrictions as along as they are going after terrorists. And it's just too temping to use those against common criminals since terrorists are hard to find, track, and infiltrate. It's much easier to go after what they know -- and what they know is common crime. And they can claim to be showing progress on terror (where the big funding is) when they are actually working on the much easier common crime targets.