[ga] Re: [At-Large] ccTLD Redelegation

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bret and all,

  Well I hope that Sec. Kneuer is self aware of recent errant actions
by the North Korean Government and if so recognizes that
re-delegating North Korea's ccTLD to the current North Korean
government would be very unwise if not foolish.

Bret Fausett wrote:

> I would add that by the time the North Korean request came before ICANN,
> the U.S. had lifted most commercial trade sanctions on North Korea, so
> ICANN's involvement at that time did not run afoul of any then-existing
> U.S. restrictions.
>
> > OTOH, for the sake of completeness, it should also be mentioned that up to
> > now there has been no interference by USDOC. About a year ago I had a
> > discussion with the then Undersecretary John Kneuer, head of the NTIA, and
> > he pointed out that USG has not even opposed the delegation of the ccTLD
> > for
> > North Korea, which shows that their approach is rather "hands off". Of
> > course, this does not mean that they are prepared to relinquish their role
> > in the approval chain.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Roberto
> >
> >
> >
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