> The US DoC operates, directly or indirectly, 6 of the 13 root servers, > including A. Whether it is "right" or not is irrelevant -- the DoC has > the power to do whatever it wants to the root. we REALLY need to rectify that situation. perhaps what we need are large numbers of alternate roots that DON'T try to define new TLDs but which exist solely to prevent the US government from exerting control... Keith