Just from my limited experience of "being alive in the USA for 30-something odd years".. I don't think anyone is hard at work trying to get anyone. If you actually ever get the attention of the NSA/CIA - you don't get "caught" or ever make it to the news(except in gaffe's like snowden/assange, we weren't supposed to find out about them). They want us to forget about you, while you either rot in a dungeon(forever) or are already buried in a shallow unmarked grave.
The reason is there is no good press to be gotten by announcing they caught these people...all that does is draw attention to the fact they were breached/bamboozled/whatever in the first place. In their eyes, this story and any public interest cannot die quickly enough.
Disagree: they will hang the idiots responsible for WCry high and publicly, just to make an example pour encourager les autres.
Seriously, this cat's already out of the ba. There's nothing to be gained by trying to bury it, and making the consequences clear might reduce the likelihood of a repeat.
The reason is there is no good press to be gotten by announcing they caught these people...all that does is draw attention to the fact they were breached/bamboozled/whatever in the first place. In their eyes, this story and any public interest cannot die quickly enough.