Are there any indications that Verisign might be pulling the strings here? It seems like they would be the party getting the most benefit out of this, i.e. prot

Are there any indications that Verisign might be pulling the strings here? It seems like they would be the party getting the most benefit out of this, i.e. protection against having foreign interests take away their registry business. Or am I mistaken about how control of that deal works?