Re: Hold on...
I think the issue is LEOs are notoriously lazy and anything that interrupts their hourly visit to the donut shop can not be tolerated. That are good reasons to hide WHOIS details from the public and good reasons to broadcast them far and wide. Also, most hosting firms demand a payment, usually by credit card, that indirectly gives a contact to someone who should about the site and its actual owners. So, when the local goons stop stuffing themselves with donuts and actually do something they might in a few hours or may be days learn who is the funder, owner, webmaster, etc. But that will never do.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
