Interesting, I would have said 'Really Paul?' but let us move on....I could
talk about silverbacks but I will not. So Norbert let me add my +1 We agree
to disagree.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Norbert Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> On 9/12/2016 9:07 PM, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
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> *From:* Paul Rosenzweig [mailto:[log in to unmask]
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> Don’t you believe the Board when it promises that the accountability
> changes will happen no matter what the transition?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Dr. Milton L Mueller
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> Professor, School of Public Policy <http://spp.gatech.edu/>
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> Georgia Institute of Technology
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> Internet Governance Project
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