One small point that arose in an email exchange.
There's one view out there - let's call it the patriotic view - that the mandate is essential because it will protect the US military and government assets from harm.
The cactus view is that the US government and defence system is a stepping stone. The purpose of using TC solutions is to create a trust matrix across the entire global network: this gives everyone far more effective security; it augurs in an era of robust identity and the uses which may be associated with that; and it transforms the internet environment into a reliable and less hazardous medium of information property use, exchange and storage.
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