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by count 5214 days ago
'.', the DNS root zone, is considered the property of the US Dept. of Commerce, so, no.

However, I could see a seizure of a domain in a different country's TLD (ccTLD to be specific) causing a diplomatic scuffle between the US and the foreign country. I can't imagine France would be thrilled with the FBI seizing 'foo.co.fr' or something.
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wmf 5214 days ago
It's generally not technically possible for the US to seize individual domains located in ccTLDs, so that's a pretty moot issue.
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count 5214 days ago
Sure it is. They own the root, they can return an RR marked as authoritative for any domain in the system.
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wmf 5214 days ago
Would that work in the face of caching? If my resolver already has .se cached, for example, it wouldn't consult the root at all when looking up thepiratebay.se, right?
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count 5214 days ago
No domain seizure works in the face of caching. Eventually your cache will time out, and then it hits.
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