Not defending the idiotic actions of the DCRI here, but try looking at it from a non-American perspective.

American organizations appear to bend over backward to be of service to American intelligence interests around the world, but tend to act arrogantly if approached by local authorities over local matters, to the extend of openly violating the law of the country they're operating in.

For all we know (I'm neither a lawyer nor French), French law requires the whole publication to be taken down immediately pending further procedure. In that case it's not surprise that something designated a matter of national security gets escalated fast.

Wikipedia's blunt refusal has probably pissed the French of more than the actual content of the article.