The author is Raphael G Satter who seems to be a freelance writer who only publishes a half a dozen articles a year. It was published by the Associated Press in London in Jan. It's a newspaper article, so it is supposed to be concise, lacking in detail and supportive of the publishers' biases. The structure is to present facts and to back them up with quotes from people "on the inside."
Visa has a bone to pick with the WikiLeaks, so they hired another company to investigate for possible illegal activities. The investigations company found nothing wrong in WikiLeaks. Visa takes the opinion that they'll just have to keep digging on their own until they find something. In the meantime, they deny payments to be made to WikiLeaks.
The article is successful in conveying the thought that Visa is being vindictive of WikiLeaks, even if that is conveyed "between the lines."
I think the article should go deeper into describing how the investigation was conducted and the process by which the conclusion was drawn. It should also go deeper in to Visa's objections into doing business with WikiLeaks.
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