This is perhaps giving the USG too much credit, but it's possible that they considered this a reasonable trade-off. That is, they are reducing the amount of new

This is perhaps giving the USG too much credit, but it's possible that they considered this a reasonable trade-off. That is, they are reducing the amount of new radicalization, at the expense of driving the already radicalized underground. On it's face, this is a good trade-off, since already radicalized people are going to be using crypto/darknet stuff anyway.