I like your thinking, and have thought similar for a decade. Picture this. A thief gets away with a robbery (NWS) from shareholders for several years, finally gets caught and convicted. So the thief (US Government) goes to the judge and says,
"Oh by the way, I lost some money leaving a few billion at the bank we robbed. Your honor, may I have your permission to go back and rob shareholders of some more money by exercising the warrants?"