[jrochkind1]

Makes sense, and the conclusion would be that the goal of trying to ban or censor tools or information that could be used to exploit vulnerabilities is impossible and counter-productive in the first place.

You will end up actually helping the attackers maintain an advantage over the defenders, as they will still find illegal ways to access the illegal tools/information.

Which, I guess, that's really my suspicion, parts of the US government probably actually prefer for the attackers to have an advantage, they consider themselves the biggest baddest attackers and their right to have the abilities to keep attacking sacrosanct.