For A Nonymous: I'm putting in two bids: one for a Black Lodge connection. Connection, not membership or solidly in the camp.
I just re-read this topic from the beginning and the cumulative effect had the Black Lodge popping into the front of my mind. Like the expressed anti-dragon sentiments are a stepping stone to (or from) their anti-IE agenda. Go back and read the write-up in Threats.
Bid #2: a divergent form of the Exchange. Thinking about that now, it does seem odd that Horizon/the Consensus would go after JackPoint but there's been little about interest in the Exchange. Last reference I remember was about Rowena O'Malley wanting control of the E.
I'm just saying a sort of copy of the Exchange might have gotten spawned, imperfectly, and locked on to JackPoint as its opposite.