The WikiLeaks payment processor said Thursday he was preparing to pursue their refusal to visa and MasterCard credit card companies to handle donations on-site spill secrets.
Andreas Fink, the CEO of the Iceland ehf DataCell told the Associated Press that he would seek damages u.s. financial companies on their decision to block funds WikiLeaks.
"It is difficult to believe that such a large as visa may take a decision society policy," Fink said in a telephone interview from the Switzerland. In a previous statement, his company had defended WikiLeaks, saying that "it is simply ridiculous to think that WikiLeaks did something criminal."
WikiLeaks has been under intense since he started to publish some cable pressure with attacks on its Web sites and the threats to its founder, Julian Assange, which is now in a British prison, u.s. State Department 250,000 fighting extradition to the Sweden on allegations of sexual crimes.
A wealth of Internet financial corporations and the United States broke ties with controversy, website terms citing violations of use. Earlier this week, visa and MasterCard said they would stop processing payments to WikiLeaks, although they have not offered a detailed explanation of why. Supporters reacted with outrage - with many noting that unpleasant organizations such as the American KKK and the British National party-rightmost two claim to accept cards Visa and MasterCard.
MasterCard has declined repeated requests for comment. Visa Europe Ltd. spokesman Simon said Kleine organizations may receive funding through visa as long as they were legal and do not contravene the rules of operation of the undertaking.
But he said that when questions were raised "we must ensure that they comply with our rules of operation and in compliance with local laws.
He refused to say that these questions were in the case of the WikiLeaks. "We investigate on a commercial basis confidential", he said.
Fink has stated that he was officially informed of the double suspension by the financial services Danish society Teller, which crosses the part of the payment infrastructure. He said that a team of Teller made in Iceland to perform what he describes as "due diligence".
In the meantime, he said, WikiLeaks credit card donations have been frozen at least until next week, something that was his money from the company costs.
"Don't accept does not credit card authorizations is basically killing undertaking,", he said. He did not specify the types of damages that he sought.
Fink statement comes as that PayPal says it will return money frozen WikiLeaks Foundation raised funds for her account Internet payment company. In a blog, PayPal Inc. has defended his decision, he came to lobby the Government for the United States.
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Damages sought for visa, MasterCard refused to deal with donations to spill secrets website.
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