U.S. and the Internet

I was just reading an interesting story that I found quite disturbing. This story says that the European Union is going to challenge the United States for control of the internet. When the Department of Commerce's operating agreement expires on September 30th the EU does not want the U.S. to retain control of the internet. They say that it is unfair that one country controls such a vital means of communication. I believe that the U.S. should retain control for several reasons, the most important being national security. Thanks to the internet the U.S. and many other countries are susceptible to attack through the internet. Hackers and foreign powers have already started to exploit the weaknesses in the infrastructure within the U.S. the last thing we should do is open the back door. Since the United States Department of Defense's DARPA program created the internet they should maintain control of it. The U.S. have been generous landlords and have imposed no restrictions that really change the day to day operations on the internet. It is no longer a military project bit I firmly believe that they should maintain control.