> The USG controls COM, ORG, NET, and US. Verisign is the registry for .com and .net. PIR is the registry for .org. Neustar is the registry for .us. What exac

> The USG controls COM, ORG, NET, and US. Verisign is the registry for .com and .net. PIR is the registry for .org. Neustar is the registry for .us. What exactly do you mean by the US controls them? Do you mean that because they are on US property and operate in a US jurisdiction that the USG controls them? In that case wouldn't it be fair to say that any US concern operating in USG jurisdiction(e.g. Comodo, Google, Mozilla, Let's Encrypt) are also controlled by the USG? Or is there something specific about DNS registries that makes them special?