Great analysis. He's seriously among the least likely people to be a sanctioned spy. Maybe potential to be a CI one day ratting on people to avoid time. Anybody is capable of that. Can't imagine anything more.
It's not a great analysis. It's a superficial recitation of details about Appelbaum from someone with just a casual acquaintance of who he is. That it would seem to anyone like a great analysis is extremely worrying.
It suggests to me that this particular cohort of Internet message board nerds shouldn't be trying to debate this particular topic.
I assumed you did research on the man and topic before posting about it. Turns out it's accidentaly great as it matches detailed write-ups Ive read from multiple authors. Only difference is claimed amount of field-work he did deploying Tor. Some say a lot, some a little. That would make him important in privacy circles but again I get conflicting reports.
I studied spooks and black ops a long time, though. They wouldn't waste effort on him.
It suggests to me that this particular cohort of Internet message board nerds shouldn't be trying to debate this particular topic.