What's so important about Appelbaum that he'd be a state-level target? For any government? We don't have to speculate about this, because we already know that

What's so important about Appelbaum that he'd be a state-level target? For any government? We don't have to speculate about this, because we already know that major social networking sites received court orders (with gag orders) to turn over his information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks-related_Twitter_court_orders#Subpoena_issued_with_accompanying_gag_order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks-related_Twitter_cour... I don't buy the conspiracy angle myself, but I don't really know enough that I'd place a bet either way. Clearly he is targeted by state-level actors, however.