Originally Posted by KRL

I think the main problem is the Europeans want to turn the Net over to the United Nations, and the US knows they are amongst the most corrupt and incompetent organizaitons on the planet even though that too is based in the USA.

More than likely there is another reason and agenda. I'm sure the NSA has all sorts of goodies and monitoring equipment operating on the highest root levels of the Net, that even goes beyond Echelon and the US doesn't want anyone else to be able to do that or know about it.