US Not Giving Up Control Over the Internet

CNET reports that the United States Department of Commerce has decided to maintain its control over the “root” — a central Internet resource that allows the US a certain level of governance on the Internet.  This is according to the new principles issued by the US DoC on the domain name system (DNS).

This is a significant shift in policy.  It was earlier believed that the US will divest itself of its control over the root to ICANN, a California-based non-profit to which the US DoC has contracted the technical operation of the DNS and certain coordination functions.  The new announcement means that the divestment is unlikely to happen and the US DoC will continue its oversight function over the DNS. (more…)

The Conversations Involving Sen. Barbers

Again, this list was provided by Prof. Gutierrez. 

Conversation No. 29
Conversation No. 31
Conversation No. 62
Conversation No. 64
Conversation No. 68
Conversation No. 69
Conversation No. 73
Conversation No. 78
Conversation No. 82
Conversation No. 102
Conversation No. 109
Conversation No. 120
Conversation No. 132

The GMA Conversations

I got the following from my colleague, Prof. Barry Gutierrez, head of the UP Law Center’s Institute on Human Rights.  There are conversations allegedly involving PGMA.

Delaying the Canvass.
Conversation No. 21.

Vote Margin
Conversation No. 37
Conversation No. 38

Election Anomalies/Discrepancies
Conversation No. 23
Conversation No. 30
Conversation No. 61
Conversation No. 63
Conversation No. 66
Conversation No. 84
Conversation No. 122

Military Involvement
Conversation No. 36
Conversation No. 84
Conversation No. 79
Conversation No. 66

Pangutaran Cheating
Conversation No. 39
Conversation No. 40

NAMFREL
Conversation No. 55
Conversation No. 112

Cheating Witness/Tipo Tipo
Conversation No. 77
Conversation No. 85
Conversation No. 86
Conversation No. 87
Conversation No. 94

The GloriaGate Blog

This is why I’ve not been blogging for the past few days.  For a brief explanation, click here. It’s been so tedious and we’re not yet done.  Hopefully, by early next week, we’ll have uploaded the spliced audio so you can hear the conversation while you’re reading through the transcript. 

For now, I hope the GloriaGate Blog will generate some intelligent discussion on the tapes themselves.