[governance] USG on ICANN - no movement here

[Bret Fausett]

 > I am still wondering what is "adult" about US DoC supervision.
 > I certainly understand the geopolitical motivation behind it,
 > but I don't see the value add for the Internet.

The better question is whether there is a value add for the _United  
States_, and the answer has to be "yes," else the reigns would have  
been turned over to someone else long ago.

And to Avri's point about how to move beyond U.S. authority over the  
root, the answer, whatever it is, has something to do with making the  
U.S. authority a problem for, not a benefit to, the United States.

A fractured root gets close to something that looks like an answer.

      -- Bret

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