I didn’t know who Jacob Applebaum was. Looked him up on Google. Wow! The pieces all fit together.
I looked him up too. Some of what I found was a little scary. Apparently, he is a nasty piece of work.
Jacob Applebaum on Wikipedia provides a fascinating read. Links and connections. The last paragraph is the kicker. “Appelbaum is an atheist of Jewish background and identifies himself as queer.[2] Politically, he is an anarchist.”