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Obama-UN Internet Takeover Is Just Hours Away
The New American ^ | 29 September 2016 | William F. Jasper

Posted on 09/29/2016 10:50:13 AM PDT by VitacoreVision

October 1 is D-Day for the start of the international takeover of the Internet, a scheme the Obama administration and the United Nations have been advancing for years. Why are GOP leaders AWOL as President Obama and the United Nations move to transfer critically important jurisdiction over the Internet to an unaccountable UN-aligned monopoly? Why are Ryan and McConnell doing nothing?

On October 1 — which is only hours away — U.S. oversight of the Internet’s domain name system is scheduled to be stripped from the U.S. and transferred to the new Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) designed by global “multistakeholder” activists. Members of Congress, national security experts, military professionals, constitutional authorities, privacy advocates, and human rights activists are warning that this pending transition to “independent” oversight by “the international community” is fraught with danger.

However, as on so many other crucial issues, the Republican-controlled Congress is acting as a rubber stamp for Obama. Although few Americans are aware of the serious threat posed by this impending transition, the UN’s Internet takeover scheme is not something that has sprung upon us recently or ex nihilo; we have been reporting on this growing peril for the past several years (see here and the articles linked below, following this story).

Rick Manning, president of Americans for Limited Government (ALG), yesterday blasted House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for failing even to attempt to block the Internet giveaway, while at the same time caving in to threats of a government shutdown by President Obama and the Democrats if the Republicans didn’t give them all the funding they demanded. One of the key issues was a deal to provide the city of Flint, Michigan, a liberal Democrat stronghold, with $170 million in federal funds for their municipal water supply.

“So, Democrats block the continuing resolution, demand money for the Flint, Mich. water supply,” noted Manning. “House Republicans led by House Speaker Paul Ryan relent and agree to add it to the House water bill after that proposal was defeated in the House Rules Committee, and got nothing in return.”

“Republicans have majorities in both houses of Congress, Democrats were actively demanding extra add-ons for these bills, and they couldn’t even get a rider stopping the irreversible transition of U.S. oversight of the Internet’s domain name system," ALG’s Manning charged. “That, even though the Department of Justice has repeatedly failed to respond to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on a number of outstanding legal concerns with the Internet transition of U.S. oversight of the domain name system,” he said, referring to the most recent letter from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).

In their September 21 letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the chairmen raised serious national security concerns and important constitutional matters that the Department of Justice has failed to address, despite repeated requests. The DOJ has failed to address, the chairmen pointed out, “how the transfer will effect free speech and the openness of the Internet, if U.S. control of the .mil and .gov domains will be compromised, if the transfer will open the Internet to undue influence from foreign nations, if the transfer will lead to the improper conveyance of United States government property, or if the transfer affects any existing antitrust immunity and increases the likelihood of significant antitrust litigation.”

ALG’s Rick Manning charges that “these issues risk either creating an unaccountable global Internet monopoly or a potentially fractured domain name system if antitrust does come into play. The transition proposal contemplates neither scenario, and these issues cannot be addressed once the transition occurs on October 1.” (See here for a detailed legal analysis by ALG’s senior editor Robert Romano of the anti-trust issues involved in the transfer.)

The letter by chairmen Grassley and Goodlatte asked Attorney General Lynch to answer “whether or not the administration has the constitutional authority to conduct the IANA transition without the authorization of Congress because of the United States property interests in the root zone file — or other similar components of the Internet that were created and financed by the United States.” The chairmen pointed out that under Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the exclusive power “to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.”

On September 26, a stellar coalition of 77 generals, admirals, intelligence experts, cybersecurity professionals, and industry leaders sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Joseph Dunford, calling on them to intervene in opposition to President Obama’s radical plan to jeopardize the security of the Internet, which is vital to national (and global) security.

“As individuals with extensive, first-hand experience with protecting our national security, we write to urge you to intervene in opposition to an imminent action that would, in our judgment, cause profound and irreversible damage to the United States’ vital interests,” the letter states. Of immediate concern, say these national security professionals, “is the prospect that the United States might be transferring to future adversaries a capability that could facilitate, particularly in time of conflict, cyberwarfare against us.” The letter continued, “In the absence of NTIA’s stewardship, we would be unable to be certain about the legitimacy of all IP addresses or whether they have been, in some form or fashion, manipulated, or compromised. Given the reliance of the U.S. military and critical infrastructure on the Internet, we must not allow it to be put needlessly at risk.”

Among the signers of the letter are Adm. James A. “Ace” Lyons, USN (Ret.), former commander-in-chief U.S. Pacific Fleet; Lt. General William “Jerry” Boykin, USA (Ret.), former deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence; Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, USAF (Ret.), former deputy chief of staff, United States Air Force; Hon. Charles E. Allen, former under secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for intelligence and analysis; Lt. Gen. C. E. McKnight, Jr., USA (Ret.), former director, Command and Control Systems for Nuclear Forces, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Lani Kass, former firector, Air Force Chief of Staff’s Cyber Task Force; Rear Adm. Philip S. Anselmo, USN (Ret.), former director of Command Control Communications Computers and Intelligence (C4I); Rep. Brian Babin (R-Tex.), Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Science Space and Technology Subcommittee; Jody R. Westby, CEO, Global Cyber Risk LLC and former chief administrative officer & counsel, In-Q-Tel.

Considering the Obama administration’s contempt for the Constitution’s system of checks and balances, its record for ignoring Congressional requests and concerns, and President Obama’s penchant for “legislating” by executive order, it is not surprising that the administration has completely ignored these appeals by Congress, as well as military and cybersecurity experts. Nor is it a surprise that the Republican leaders have failed, once again, to fight for America’s vital interests. As ALG’s Manning notes, their failure even to engage Obama on this issue is inexcusable.

“Did they even try?” Manning asks. “Ryan and McConnell have not issued any public statements on the matter, so we must assume they actively agree with surrendering U.S. oversight of the Internet. They didn’t even put up a fight. House and Senate Republicans are not what they say, they are what they do. And what they are doing is allowing President Obama to give away the Internet to the international community, threatening the American people’s vital Internet freedoms. And don’t let any Republican tell you different.”

The clock is ticking; October 1 is only hours away. Opponents of the Internet giveaway are urging voters to deluge their U.S. senators, representatives, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with phone calls and e-mails urging them to take action to stop the transfer before the October 1 deadline.

Related articles:

The United Nations Grabs for Internet Control (Video)

U.S. Lawmakers Aim to Block Obama's Internet Giveaway

Internet “Governance” Summit in Brazil Advances UN Control

Chinese Communist to Lead UN Agency Seeking to Control Internet

UN, Islamists & Communists Push Global Internet Regime

Secret UN Document Lays Out Plan to Seize Control of Internet


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Why are GOP leaders AWOL as President Obama and the United Nations move to transfer critically important jurisdiction over the Internet to an unaccountable UN-aligned monopoly?
1 posted on 09/29/2016 10:50:13 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
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To: VitacoreVision
It appears that this is going to happen.

Just hoping that some really knowledgeable Freeper can explain to us why it is not reversable at least in the near term.

If President Trump, for example, tells the world in January that we are going to retain "ownership" what can the world do about it? I assume, of course, the cooperation of the Congress but not the courts.

2 posted on 09/29/2016 10:54:46 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you should have endorsed. Big mistake.)
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To: InterceptPoint


Support #Amexit to Get US Out! of the UN
http://www.jbs.org/federal-legislative-action-alerts?vvsrc=%2fcampaigns%2f47237%2frespond
3 posted on 09/29/2016 10:56:02 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
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To: VitacoreVision

ICAAN could wind up being the de facto world government if they get global taxation authority.


4 posted on 09/29/2016 10:57:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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5 posted on 09/29/2016 10:59:24 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: VitacoreVision

If this goes through, a lot of politicians will literally have a bounty on their heads.

So much commerce is conducted on the internet, and this move will be so disruptive, and no company will be immune to the consequences of this, that the perpetrators will have nowhere to hide.


6 posted on 09/29/2016 11:01:27 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: VitacoreVision

BFL


7 posted on 09/29/2016 11:05:35 AM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: VitacoreVision

Lawsuit filed today by state AG from Arizona, Oklahoma, Nevada and Texas to stop the transition.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/state-ags-sue-to-stop-internet-transition-228893


8 posted on 09/29/2016 11:08:31 AM PDT by Tareli (Vote Trump 2016!)
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To: VitacoreVision

Obama is pure evil .give away the internet is the October surprise


9 posted on 09/29/2016 11:11:45 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Hillary promised EXECUTIVE amnesty for 40 million illegals in her 1st 100 days as prez)
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To: InterceptPoint

ICANN is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. While I disagree with ceding control, it’s much ado about nothing. They literally manage the assignment of internet addresses and DNS. The worst that will happen with this is that it’s likely we’ll see a substantial uptick in spam since foreign entities will likely buy up tracts of American IP addresses to spam from the comfort of their own borders.


10 posted on 09/29/2016 11:15:48 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: VitacoreVision

Why are Ryan and McConnell doing nothing?

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Because the Uniparty wants to destroy American sovereignty and freedom.

Same reason they want the border erased and the immigration laws “reformed”.


11 posted on 09/29/2016 11:19:57 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: VitacoreVision

Happy Halloween, idiots who voted for the Obozo!!!


12 posted on 09/29/2016 11:27:44 AM PDT by ZULU (Where the HELL ARE PAUL RYAN AND MITCH MCCONNELL ?????)
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To: VitacoreVision

The Idiots at the UN can’t use the bathroom without outside help so the ObamaNet is screwed


13 posted on 09/29/2016 11:29:05 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: VitacoreVision

I see the Congress making some moves, and their lips are moving, but I don’t see them exercising their authority, therefore I’m not holding my breath.


14 posted on 09/29/2016 11:33:13 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (America IS sick, and tired of the Clintons. It's time to say goodbye.)
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To: VitacoreVision

I’ll give you my Internet when you pry it from my cold, dead computer.


15 posted on 09/29/2016 11:35:35 AM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: VitacoreVision

Damn them...
Damn them all to hell!

Treason file Bookmark


16 posted on 09/29/2016 11:35:49 AM PDT by JDoutrider
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To: sauropod

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17 posted on 09/29/2016 11:36:12 AM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: rarestia

You are a fool. If you think it is that simple.


18 posted on 09/29/2016 11:36:12 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent v)
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To: JDoutrider; bushwon; Arthur Wildfire! March

Amen to that.


19 posted on 09/29/2016 11:45:26 AM PDT by The Westerner ("Giving Away the Internet or Any Part of It Is Sheer Lunacy" Jim Robinson)
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To: rarestia

If you control the domain name and DNS registrations, you also have the power to create blacklists. Internet blackholes.

Like, say, if the owner of a certain domain or DNS registration posts hateful things about the religion of peace.


20 posted on 09/29/2016 11:54:16 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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