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Username:	spot2
Date/Time:	Thu, December 20, 2001 at 4:46 PM GMT
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.5 using Windows 98
Subject:	I am in full support of any plans to put a spanner in the works of Corruption
Message:
Richard has no doubt already informed many people about the Sunrise scams throught the Internet Challenge site. I find it increasingly interesting that as the collective investigation of members of this forum unfolds, the roots of the scam seem to reach further up the ladder of the authorities and therefore the gravity and scale of the scam is becoming much greater. What seemed initially to be a bunch of opportunist con men taking advantage of a loophole in the system now looks like a a very well planned fraud that used the opportunists as puppets. They were all playing very necessary roles in Afilias' Play. As Richard said recently it is the silence of ICANN and Afilias which speaks volumes. But some of these people are fools. They did not not pull off their scam completely professionally. Govinda Leopold: Very sloppy. A board member committing fraud verifiable by the whois data. Very unprofessional. An embarrassment. The weakest link. She has jeopardised their masterplan. It is a common trait of corrupt greedy people to get caught by pushing it that bit too far. The other board members must be silently cursing her.

Message Thread:

• The ICANN executive, and no one else, bears responsibility — antipathy, December 20 @ 9:02 AM (3/9)
• The US Congress needs to review ICANN's role and staffing... — richard_henderson, December 20 @ 9:48 AM (0/0)
• Why would the US government want ICANN to behave any different? — spot2, December 20 @ 9:45 AM (2/6)
• Spot, I am just as cynical as you. Governments rarely — antipathy, December 20 @ 12:21 AM (1/2)
• I am in full support of any plans to put a spanner in the works of Corruption — spot2, December 20 @ 4:46 PM (1/1)
• It can be likened to a bank robbery — Garry Anderson, December 20 @ 7:27 PM (0/0)
• Very good points, Spot — richard_henderson, December 20 @ 9:58 AM (1/2)
• Upton, Stearns and Tauzin - what about Evans (and Mineta)? — Garry Anderson, December 20 @ 7:40 PM (1/1)
• I agree - Mister Evans deserves some attention too! — richard_henderson, December 21 @ 6:30 AM (0/0)
• How could they be allowed to get away with it? — Garry Anderson, December 20 @ 9:27 AM (0/0)

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