[WSIS CS-Plenary] UPDATE Re: The Public-Root, criminal behaviour and community leadership

[Joe Baptista]

UNIDT congratulated on getting criminal association out of UNIDT

http://www.cynikal.net/~baptista/P-R/2005-09-23%20UNIDT%20re%20contracts.pdf

Turkish internet users still surfing under root operated by organized
crime.

regards
joe baptista


On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Joe Baptista wrote:

>
> Recently it has been made public that one key person in the Public-Root
> (www.public-root.com) and INAIC (www.inaic.com) is involved with organized
> crime.  This individual, one Herman Xennt, formerly associated with an XTC
> laboratory, is now under active investigation by the Netherlands police.
>
> What I find amusing and sad all at the same time is the fact that many
> community leaders were aware of these problems but did nothing.  I can
> name them.  Michael Froomkin (University of Miami School of Law,
> Professor of Law), Karl Auerbach (DNS Superhero), Vint Cerf (ICANN
> Chair), or Milton Mueller.
>
> I'll tell you where these guys were.  Milton Mueller and Karl Auerbach,
> with Karl taking the lead as a Public-Root supporter are both in a state
> of shock.  They have done nothing except sit on their hands and to date
> remained silent.
>
> Michael Froomkin who was more then willing to accept money from the
> Public-Root to develop our by-laws and one of the ICANN WATCH people is
> busy burying his head in the sand.  I like to call this pose the osteritch
> position.  But the osteritch position leaves ones ass exposed to the boot
> and that is exactly what I see in Froomkin.  A big ass without substance.
>
> And last of all we have Vint Cerf, so called father of the Internet, he of
> all people realized his days at ICANN were numbered.  After all you can't
> escape the fact that the turkish internet is now run by criminals and it
> all happened on his watch.  Vint has decided to join google in the hope
> there is enough momentum there to build a new root infrastructure.
>
> The bottom line I guess is do any of these so called leaders actually have
> any concerns over the fact that users in turkey, at equant and tiscali now
> have their surfing habits recorded at the root level and that the
> information collected can be used for evil purposes.  Of course not.
> These leaders seem more interested in covering their asses instead of
> doing the right thing.
>
> I'm not impressed folks.  Not impressed one bit.
>
> cheers
> joe baptista
>
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