Ask HN: Who is the Laughing Man IRL?

Who is the Laughing Man (LM) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Man_(Ghost_in_the_Shell)] in real-life? Those of you familiar with Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (SAC) know who I'm talking about, otherwise checkout wikipedia's entry on the topic for a quick debriefing of who/what LM is. IMHO, our technology isn't nearly advanced enough to fit SAC depiction of what LM is capable of in real-life; however technological progress is almost irrelevant, LM can better be characterized in today's context, by the manner of how he exploits some technology. In short, each and everyone of his exploits almost seemed staged in a theatrical fashion where the players [characters] and the game [story] they're playing is already set. His exploits almost behave as some sort of real-time authoritative meta-interpretation of the events at hand, which in turn discloses facts and information that would have not normally been unveiled for the audience. In a sense, he is hacking people's perception through an unconventional dissemination of information. I can't think or know of a single hacker who fits this description, mostly because LM is such a mythical figure; however, I can think of a handful of litery figures that do.