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John McAfee Tells World How He Fooled Cops and Escaped Belize

It looks like the long and winding road of the John McAfee saga is going to continue for at least a little longer. McAfee posted a detailed blog post about how he was able to elude Belizean authorities and sneak out of the country. From the article: "'It's visually interesting and it is mostly a happy story — in line with most Christmas stories,' he wrote. The former software executive describes an operation that was heavy in advance planning and trickery. He says he planted a lookalike ('my double — a man I have known for over 30 years and who years ago legally changed his name to John McAfee') and had him picked up by authorities in the northern Belize-Mexico border, while he and a group of friends and reporters loaded up a truck and headed in the opposite direction, to a southern town called Punta Gorda. With the news that he'd been arrested broadcasting on a local news station, McAfee figured that checkpoint security would relax."

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  1. whoa by someone1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    He must have been planning his escape for years!

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  2. For his next trick... by bistromath007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    He should legally change his name to Carmen Sandiego.

  3. Re:Hey, John by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

    I could do the EXACT same thing.

    Man,
    I'M ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX!!

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  4. Re:Such a wonderful person by rudy_wayne · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did he kill anyone?

    That's the important question. And I got to say, the more I hear of his antics (dopplegangers changing their name to his?) and novelty drug habits, the less inclined I am to give him the benefit of doubt on this one.

    It will soon be revealed that he killed Hans Reiser's wife.

  5. Re:Such a wonderful person by eric_herm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or rather, that he was hans Reiser wife who faked her own death in order to prevent reiserfs4 to be integrated upstream, paid as a ex russian secret agent by a unnamed super villain ( take your pick between Google, Microsoft, Apple or anything, we will explain for the next conspiracy that they are all the same company in the end )

  6. Re:Such a wonderful person by Muad'Dave · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to know who killed Kennedy. And a pony.

    I doubt whoever killed Kennedy also killed a pony.

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  7. Re:Would /. please spare us ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would think the witnesses seeing him hose out the blood from his car

    He was a long time sufferer of nose bleeds. Nothing remarkable about this at all.

    or the fact that he somehow misplaced the passenger seat, would be pretty good clues.

    Typical geek, always taking things apart and not always putting them back together. Maybe a bit absent minded too. Doesn't prove a thing.

    But when he lead them to the body, that was a dead giveaway.

    Clearly a latent psychic. Doesn't prove a thing.

  8. Re:Such a wonderful person by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Funny

    in latina america

    I knew about the pussification of america, but I didn't know that it went that far.

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  9. Re:Would /. please spare us ?? by TheLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not so popular now due to vendor lock-in.

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  10. Re:Hey, John by plover · · Score: 4, Funny

    All I could think of was "cool story, bro."

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