Maybe the corporate structure could be to blame. Ironically, it seems there is not much transparency from FLM. And there is a chance FLM was keeping certain individuals tied to some agreements, without them fully knowing why.
CorbettReport and Sibel Edmonds had some interesting articles and videos on Pierre/Greenwald/NSA. According to Sibel, documents pertaining to Paypal have been kept hidden by them, among other things.