Yeah, this is the first I've heard of the same thing. I wonder what the blackmail is? Maybe the CIA did some transfers into his BoA accounts to make it appear as if he is on the CIA payroll? Inquiring minds want to know!

do you mean the complaint about illegal blocking of their funding by Visa and MasterCard?

How would that be related in any way?

So what you're saying is there's absolutely no way these organizations are motivated to block the money going to the organization which threatens to publish their own secrets because of any threat to themselves?

Blackmail != blocking money

in many cases it's the exact opposite.