Not sure i've seen this on any of the ICANN related lists yet.. would At-Large be interested in commenting on or before the June meeting in Paris?
It's always been entirely clear that, whether or not one believes that it is a good idea, the US Government will never, ever give up its control over ICANN. Since the USG directly runs three of the root servers and indirectly controls or influences at least five more, there is equally no possiblity that ICANN could win a fight with the USG, if they were so foolish as to get into one. This isn't news. Why do people think that it is? Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.