Message to politicians and officials: Do not underestimate the depth and breadth of the animosity that ICANN is breeding. Controversial policies would be one thing if they were executed in an even-handed and responsible way, but ICANN's execution has been prejudicial and incompetent. Its own CEO has said so in plain language. This time around, ICANN is, in essence, crawling back to the US government asking for more time, more money, and more power. But the next time around, it'll be too late; and when Congress calls on ICANN to explain how it managed to cause an international incident, the media will be asking Congress and the DoC to explain "Who lost the net?"