InterNIC whois toast

whois is reporting that most domains are nonexistant:

whois root-servers.net [rs.internic.net] No match for "ROOT-SERVERS.NET".

The InterNIC Registration Services database contains ONLY non-military and non-US Government Domains and contacts. Other associated whois servers: American Registry for Internet Numbers - whois.arin.net European IP Address Allocations - whois.ripe.net Asia Pacific IP Address Allocations - whois.apnic.net US Military - whois.nic.mil US Government - whois.nic.gov -- Troy Davis