[Mariner]

"There have been numerous articles written on the subject that have been posted here on multiple threads that refute your position,"

And you, nor anyone else can cite a real risk.

ICANN is a menial, administrative function. And the repository for the name resolutions of record.

If they remove an entity from the database of record for any nefarious purpose the Internet will explode into multiple national fragments...something the big companies will not allow under any circumstances.

I'll say it again, only the ignorant who don't know how the Internet works fear this. That includes the US Congress.

What is the refutation you reference?

[Freedom56v2]

Again, I told you to do research. look at all the articles that have been posted...there is risk—security risk, economic risk, and political risk...But you say I am supposed to just trust your opinion.

You are welcome to sit and do nothing, but stop sniping those of us who care about this issue.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

No real risk?

No one can?

So all of those senators are idiots?

ICANN Transition Even Endangers ‘.gov’ and ‘.mil’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3469586/posts

http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/09-14-16-rosenzweig-testimony.

ICANN transition insider Paul Rosenzweig warns:

1. Foreign powers will “indisputably have increased influence”.
2. Transition a “leap in the dark”.
3. ICANN planning to move overseas. [and ICANN lied]
4. ‘.gov’ and ‘.mil’ “not assured by any enforeable mechanism”. [and ICANN lied.]

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There was a slick lobbying campaign in DC — that’s why this appears so harmless:

ICANN’s Secret Plot: rigged oversight, designs on .mil, $2.5 mil in lobbying
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3471830/posts

FR Exclusive

Condi Rice and Madam Albright are both tied to the $2.5 million lobby effort to get ICANN’s internet ‘transition’ passed. [And evidence of ‘walking around money’.]

According to professional witness testimony this lobby effort was a ... pack ... of ... lies. [This exclusive uncovers all of that.]

“Without [free speech protection] ICANN risks becoming an unregulated monopoly with no effective outside oversight and control.”

— Paul Rosenzweig [professional witness at latest ICANN hearing]

That’s the fastest summary I’ve found yet:

... a “monopoly with no effective outside oversight”.

[snip]

[HalfIrish]

menial, administrative function. And the repository for the name resolutions of record

I see. So you have no problem with these menial foreign administrators knowing your name and address when you post something that enrages them.

Carry on, sport.