Nobody in the fedgov has the cajones to try this, and I hope they don't.
Once the fedgov starts running secret trails, they will use it against every bit of political opposition/difference of political opinion in this country.
Much simpler to kill the terr's in combat.
Gimme a break! There's enough knee-jerk, paranoid, holier-than-thou thinking on this website to write a thousand episodes of X-Files! Federal government has been slinging Tomahawk missiles at bad guys for over a decade now, but I don't see them being used on political opposition in this country!
Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. Look at what went on in Border States during Civil War.