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John McAfee Tells World How He Fooled Cops and Escaped Belize

Posted by samzenpus on from the sneaky-is-as-sneaky-does dept.

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. Would /. please spare us ?? by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dunno about you, but I'm really sick and tired of yet another episode of the ensuing saga McAfee, the publicity whore !

    Please have some heart, Slashdot !!

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    1. Re:Would /. please spare us ?? by LordLucless · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I hate his software as much as the next Slashdot geek, and think he's nutty as a fruitcake, but he's hardly a publicity whore. Publicity whores don't vanish into south America for decades on end. Your comment reminds me of all the attacks on Julian Assange - it seems anyone who gets media attention for anything other than being a politician or a celebrity gets accused of publicity whoring.

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    2. Re:Would /. please spare us ?? by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Informative

      If you don't like the Lord of the McAfee franchise, you can:

      1. Vote the story down in the Submissions queue.
      2. Simply ignore the story and don't read it.
      3. Submit something more interesting yourself.
      4. Have your double — a man your have known for over 30 years and who years ago legally changed his name to Taco Cowboy read Slashdot for you.

      Hey, if I don't like the stories that get posted, I remind myself that with Slashdot, I get what I pay for it . . . and it's worth every penny of it . . .

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    3. 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.

    4. 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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  2. Such a wonderful person by djl4570 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't give a flying fuck what he says. I want to know the facts, not the accusations and spin.
    What really happened in Belize?
    Did he kill anyone?
    If yes, wouldn't it be righteous to allow the authorities to properly investigate the circumstances of the homicide?
    My sense is that Slashdot has been in the tank for McAfee since this started.
    I want the truth and the whole story.

    1. 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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  3. "I'm so clever..." by mystyc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is it that people who have evaded authorities find it irresistible to gloat about how "clever" they are to have outwitted cops. I get it, maybe eventually talk about it in an autobiography, but he may technically still be evading said authorities. He might as well say, "nanna nanna booboo, come and get me!".