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27 Jan 2011
A study into WikiLeaks by a third-party consultant commissioned by credit card company Visa has cleared the site of any illegal activity.
Visa blocked donations to WikiLeaks last month, saying that it would have to examine the legality of the site.
Visa hired Norway-based financial services company Teller AS to investigate WikiLeaks and its Icelandic fundraising body the Sunshine Press.
According to documents obtained by Associated Press, Teller AS found no instance of WikiLeaks breaking the law.
"Our lawyers have now completed their work and have found no indications that Sunshine Press acted in contravention of Visa's rules or Icelandic legislation, " Teller AS chief executive Peter Wiren said late last month.
Visa spokeswoman Amanda Kamin said that the company will carry on blocking payments to WikiLeaks until an internal Visa investigation is concluded, but declined to name a date for any report.
Visa and Mastercard were attacked by members of the Anonymous hacking organisation following their decision to block payments to the site, as was PayPal when it froze WikiLeaks' account.
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Shame on poor Visa
Poor VIsa did not get the result they hoped for from the independent study now they will do their own internal investigation to ensure the proper result. They hoped the independent study will free them from the embarrassment because of their trespassing of their own rules but it was not to be so the internal route is the only one left.
Posted by: Alwyn Stroh 27 Jan 2011
I am releaved!
I hate to see them lose a good couse, however visa should compensate for damiges incured.
Posted by: oswald 27 Jan 2011
this is total BS
It is obvious they are trying to prevent WikiLeaks from surviving. It has nothing to do with Assange. All these big corps want to keep the truth from spreading.
Posted by: Lind 27 Jan 2011