1. The MAXI governance forum is NOW going on in Washington, DC with I* insiders secretly working out a deal with NTIA. 2. Joe Sims runs ICANN - He dictates the scripts based on legal opinion. 3. Paul Twomey is still on the ICANN payroll and now it is becoming clear why Joe Sims did that. ICANN has the lever or threat to the U.S. of playing the "We are International" card, via Twomey. 4. Uncle Sam does not intend to blink. In fact, the U.S. is going to ignore ICANN and the insiders (Now in DC) are focused on IANA and new root servers.