So he’s an offshoot of the CIA?...
LOL!
Essentially yes but he was more brazen about it. The website was quite notorious for a while before they managed to find him.
I remember reading about in Wired Magazine (!).
It got a lot of attention so when they got hold of him they punished him harshly.
He was also making a lot of money several millions I believe. Maybe that has something to do with it as well.