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Recall this line from Blade Runner:

> Replicants are like any other machine. They're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.

These people's job is to fight (their government's definition of) terrorists. It's not automatically in the job description to develop a nuanced view of terrorism, of various categories of hackers, etc. -- except to whatever degree it helps them to understand their enemy and thereby stop them.

People often do this even in jobs where the stakes are lower -- if you're running a struggling grocery store competing with a SuperWalMart, WalMart are the bad guys, even if the people who work at WalMart are perfectly nice people just trying to earn some money to raise a family.

Having said that, yes -- it's obviously particularly dangerous to go around branding anyone you have a problem with a terrorist.