+1 Norbert Klein in Cambodia On 9/12/2016 9:07 PM, Mueller, Milton L wrote: > > *From:*Paul Rosenzweig [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Don’t you believe the Board when it promises that the accountability > changes will happen no matter what the transition? > > MM: Mostly, Paul, I don’t believe you or other opponents of the > transition when they say they favor a transition but want it delayed. > As you know, I don’t believe a period of abeyance is a viable option. > If the transition is shot down during this administration and we have > to wait for a new one, everything we have agreed to do as part of the > transition is up in the air. It could all be completely changed by a > new NTIA head giving us new criteria, or a new Congress passing new > restrictions or requirements in order to appeal to deluded and > uninformed rightwing constituencies. Whatever happens would depend > entirely on U.S. domestic politics. > > I also know that many aspects of the revised bylaws simply cannot go > into effect until the NTIA contract is gone, so disrupting that > effectively sends us back to the drawing board. > > You know this as well as I do, Paul, please stop being disingenuous > about your support for the transition. As far as I can tell, you want > the US government to stay in control of the DNS. Full stop. If that’s > not true, I look forward to seeing Heritage as an organization or you > as an individual publicly challenge the dishonest and manipulative > statements issued by Senator Cruz and WSJ columnist L. Gordon Crovitz. > It seems you want to have it both ways, feign support for the > transition but align yourself with irrational politicians who are > seizing on this issue to fearmonger, whip up nationalistic fervor and > attack the Obama administration for purely partisan purposes. Time to > distance yourself from that nonsense, else completely lose credibility > in this group. > > Dr. Milton L Mueller > > Professor, School of Public Policy <http://spp.gatech.edu/> > > Georgia Institute of Technology > > Internet Governance Project > > http://internetgovernance.org/ >