[livius]

Every so often I read folks complaining about law enforcement going about its regular activities - pursuing people who run various types of scams, smuggle and sell drugs, etc. - while we are faced with terrorism. But the fact of the matter is that these regular, garden variety criminals are the people terrorists hang out with. I suspect that serious attention to these people will often lead to the finding of terrorist individuals or organizations.

This guy sounds like your basic crazy flim-flam artist who has gotten away with a bunch of small and not so small stuff for years. I'd be surprised if he has any interest in terrorism. But he's obviously at home in the underworld, and this is a very useful thing to terrorists, who need those "connections" to keep their financial and paperwork activities hidden.

[OldFriend]

Much as Rudy cleaned up NY by going after the quality of life crimes........he found that the petty criminal was in fact someone wanted on felony charges, murder charges, etc.