Misreported terror activity

Tell me, is there some reason why things like this tend to be coming out now that the Dems are in charge of Congress when the didn't come out before?

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors counted immigration violations, marriage fraud and drug trafficking among anti-terror cases in the four years after 9/11 even though no evidence linked them to terror activity, a Justice Department audit said Tuesday.

And, oh yes, why do you suppose they counted all these things as terror activity? I'm sure it was purely accidental, aren't you?

Or, was it? The article goes on to tell us:

The numbers, used to monitor the department's progress in battling terrorists, are reported to Congress and the public and help, in part, shape the department's budget.