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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Here the text:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> Novack, Phil (Cruz) <b>On Behalf Of </b>Press, Cruz (Cruz)<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 23, 2016 6:25 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> RELEASE: Sen. Cruz: ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Is Misleading the United States Senate</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><img width=96 height=96 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.png@01D16EE6.FB953C50"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>UNITED STATES SENATE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sen. Ted Cruz Press Office</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Cruz Press Office: 202-228-7561</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Rachael Slobodien </span><a href="mailto:rachael_slobodien@cruz.senate.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC'>rachael_slobodien@cruz.senate.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Phil Novack: </span><a href="mailto:phil_novack@cruz.senate.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC'>phil_novack@cruz.senate.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>February 23, 2015</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sen. Cruz: ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Is Misleading the United States Senate</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Chehade should recuse himself from all ICANN decisions that could impact the Chinese government</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement today regarding a letter that Cruz, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) received from Fadi Chehade, CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Friday. Chehade’s </span><a href="http://cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160219_ICANN_CEOLetter.pdf"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>letter</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'> was in reply to one that </span><a href="http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2588"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>Cruz, Lankford, and Lee sent on February 4</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'> raising serious concerns and requesting information regarding Mr. Chehade’s involvement with the World Internet Conference, which is organized by the Chinese government, a regime notorious for its censorship of the Internet and criminalization of online speech.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>“Either the World Internet Conference and the People’s Republic of China have misreported the events that took place during their own conference or Fadi Chehade isn’t being completely honest with the United States Senate,” said Sen. Cruz. “While Chehade continues to state that his first meeting won’t take place until later this year, the Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the People’s Republic of China, reported on December 17, 2015 that, ‘The advisory committee held its first meeting on the sidelines of the second World Internet Conference in Wuzhen of east China's Zhejiang Province. Jack Ma, founder of China’s Internet giant Alibaba, and Fadi Chehade, president and CEO of ICANN, act as co-chairman of the advisory committee.’ It should also be noted that Chehade has admitted that he has entered into an arrangement while still serving as the CEO of ICANN and performing under a contract with the United States government, through which his future travel costs to the Chinese government’s state-sponsored World Internet Conference will be compensated. Travel compensation from the Chinese government can be a form of personal conflict of interest, which could impair Chehade’s ability to act impartially and in the best interest of the government when performing under the contract. As such, Chehade should recuse himself from all ICANN decisions that could impact the Chinese government, which include all negotiations and discussions pertaining to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal style='line-height:normal'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Paul Rosenzweig<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweigesq@redbranchconsulting.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>O: +1 (202) 547-0660<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>M: +1 (202) 329-9650<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>VOIP: +1 (202) 738-1739<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Skype: paul.rosenzweig1066<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=9"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Link to my PGP Key</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.rsaconference.com/events/us16?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=speakers-us2016"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=578 height=87 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image002.png@01D16EE6.FB953C50"></span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sam Lanfranco<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 24, 2016 9:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Cannot View Cruz Press Release re: CEO Fadi<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Michael,<br><br>I can get Fadi's response, and I can get to the circleid.com page, but again, when I click on that page's link to the Cruz Press Release I get:<br><br><img border=0 width=432 height=48 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image003.png@01D16EE6.FB953C50"><span style='color:red'>and again a blank page. </span><br><br>Sam L. <br><br><br><br>On 24/02/2016 9:12 AM, Michael Oghia wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Try this: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cruz's response to Fadi: <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160223_icann_ceo_fadi_chehade_is_misleading_the_us_senate_says_sen_cruz/" target="_blank">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160223_icann_ceo_fadi_chehade_is_misleading_the_us_senate_says_sen_cruz/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Fadi's response: <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160219_ICANN_CEOLetter.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160219_ICANN_CEOLetter.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do those work?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-Michael</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>__________________</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Michael J. Oghia<br>Istanbul, Turkey</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2015 ISOC IGF Ambassador</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'><a href="http://www.bateconsult.com/category/tck-chat/" target="_blank">#TCKchat</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> co-host, 1st session</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Skype: mikeoghia</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>|</b> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Sonia H. <<a href="mailto:s.sonia.h@gmail.com" target="_blank">s.sonia.h@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I've had the same problem (Turkey) trying to display the page.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sonia Herring<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Sonia<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Sam Lanfranco <<a href="mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca">lanfran@yorku.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I only get a blank page when (from Canada) I try to view Cruz's press release 2599. <br>I get to the site, but only a blank page:<br><br><img border=0 width=651 height=46 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image004.png@01D16EE6.FB953C50"><br><br>I get a blank page using Chrome, using Firefox, and using Psiphon Virtual Private Network.<br>The URL is correct and it comes up in search engines but I cannot get to the page.<br><br>Has the page been blocked to Canada or are there other problems?<br><br>Sam L.<br><br><span style='color:#330099'>On 24/02/2016 5:45 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#330099'>Hi, all-</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#330099'>Embedded in this press release by Senator Cruz is a written response that Fadi Chehadé sent him last Friday addressing concerns raised about his involvement with the World Internet Conference.</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#330099'>- Press release: <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2599">https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2599</a></span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#330099'>- Fadi's letter: <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160219_ICANN_CEOLetter.pdf">https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160219_ICANN_CEOLetter.pdf</a></span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#330099'>Best wishes,</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#330099'>Ayden</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><pre><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span 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