Probably the thinking goes that someone in the international community will step in. CVE is in practice a global registry for all, thus "Why should the USA Dep

Probably the thinking goes that someone in the international community will step in. CVE is in practice a global registry for all, thus "Why should the USA Department of Homeland Security pay for all the freeloaders". Still shortsighted and stupid, but it's plausible this is intended as leverage to get someone else to pony up.