Wrong. As always.

ICANN is on record in the .IR/.SY/.KR case that the NTIA is the decision maker. 

Even though the NTIA says they are only clerical, of course there has been no case where NTIA has not crossed the i and dotted the t on ICANN board decisions.

Verisign has no control whatsoever, they are just technical.

el 

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On 23 Jun 2016, at 09:27, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

The ccTLD and the gTLD/other TLDs records are within the ICANN root. While there are procedures that ensures a distributed control, the reality remains that the one who maintains the root has the overall "technical control" which is Verisign. The community/ICANN/ccTLD et all trust that they will continue to respect laid down process and not go out of scope.

That symbolises the principle for which the internet was built upon which is trust at the middle of all our political and personal interests.

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On 23 Jun 2016 6:25 a.m., "Phil Corwin" <psc@vlaw-dc.com> wrote:
Appreciate your intervention, Greg. 

As you point out, my main point was that ICANN maintains an accurate root zone file (yes, with VeriSign performing the actual technical work, now under contract with the USG, soon to be under contract with ICANN) and has no control over the operation of a ccTLD. 

I stand corrected on my use of the word "control" in regard to the relationship between a national government of the country with which the particular ccTLD is associated, and this denizen of the gTLD sector looks forward to learning more about ccTLDs.

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal