Not the IP address but as the article states: the creator "was raised in Harrisonburg, Virginia" USA. You shouldn't be downvoted only for that detail, IMHO. I

Not the IP address but as the article states: the creator "was raised in Harrisonburg, Virginia" USA. You shouldn't be downvoted only for that detail, IMHO. I didn't know about the whole story, so it's worth reading the post. On another side, I also think that mentioning such a fact doesn't prove that the author didn't act alone, so "readers beware." But "readers beware" should always be implicit anyway. And it's symptomatic that 2011 was actually the very characteristic year of foreign (US included) supported "spontaneous" actions against Assad in Syria and the appropriate media coverage. This Washington Post article was somewhat exceptional, it covers the Wikileaks provided US confidential cables: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-secretly-backed-syrian-opposition-groups-cables-released-by-wikileaks-show/2011/04/14/AF1p9hwD_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-secretly-backed-syri...