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McAfee Interviewed in Secret Location

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Maybe they'll let him share a cell with Reiser and they can figure out how to scan a filesystem for viruses more quickly.

Only if Kip and Nicole Macy get to be the landlord.

Whatever happened to Kip Macy?

Ran off to Europe (the fucking morons at SFPD didn't correctly register a State block on international travel or passport issuance, and only confiscated the old ones; Kip just went to the passport agency and got new ones!)

I think Italy, and presumably since it's not that serious a crime, there's been no serious attempt at extradition.

They are good until around 2020 on the current passports (unless they get lost, heh) -- presumably they can make enough money and otherwise build enough identity to either remain resident in Europe indefinitely, or get an alternate passport for travel.

Yep, he lives in Florence: https://plus.google.com/110811825461544096333/posts

Thanks, now I was able to find:

http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2010/06/29/landlords-from-hell-...

He was also interviewed by Joe Rogan this week

http://youtu.be/5GmwSgCfn38?t=18m46s

http://www.whoismcafee.com/

With the latest news on his hown blog: * Breaking: John captured? Date: December 1, 2012 at 6:57 pm We have received an unconfirmed report that John McAfee has been captured at the border of Belize and Mexico.

My favourite line was one from my girlfriend - "Maybe you shouldn't have taken his anti-virus software off my laptop .... he seems pretty badass."

Girls love criminals.
Criminals in jail get so many love letters from girls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia
> Unlike most other paraphilias, hybristophilia occurs almost exclusively in women.
It's not just my own observation, it's a belief widely held in society.

technically, hybristophilia is a paraphilia, and paraphilias are by definition atypical. really interesting though

This is probably the only time this link is relevant here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGvNE9y5POI

This condition was satirised quite well in the old Dilbert TV series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t76R-nKhGHE&feature=play...

If he's not a suspect and has nothing to fear, why are they so desperate to find him?

This comes up a lot in stories about fugitives. Depending on the jurisdiction, it may not be possible to label someone a "suspect" absent either smoking gun evidence or a formal interview. Take stories about the legal status of people implicated in crimes with a grain of salt, at least until you're sure of the technical meanings of the terms being used in that jurisdiction are.

Oh sure, but the tone of the two people on CNN made it seem like he was crazy for not wanting to turn himself in. I highly suspect that if/when he ever gets in custody, he won't be out of it for a long time.

Whether he's innocent or guilty who knows, but there does seem to be reason to fear police custody either way.
From Amnesty International;
"Abuses by police There were several reports of abuses by police, including torture, ill-treatment and arbitrary detention. * Three men, a father and his two sons, were arrested separately in July, on suspicion of withholding evidence related to a bank robbery. All three were reportedly beaten and subjected to electric shock torture before being released without charge."
http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/countries/americas/belize

McAffe is not sane. Have you read about how he injected bath salts into his system? Wow!
Looks like too many bath salts have really screwed him up and made him paranoid, as well prompted a murder.

I don't get it - is it somehow different from someone that shoots heroin or something?

Well here in the states there were two different dudes who under the influence of bath salts cannibalized their victims.
With heroin you don't care about anything but getting your next fix and you will do anything that's quick to get that fix.

Incorrect, no bath salts were found in the Miami attackers body [1]. The second story in Louisiana hasn't yet proven to be bath salts and he only bit a part of the guys face in an attack - he want cannabalising.
Secondly, very little is known about bath salts (mephedrone, MDPV).
In fact it's been shown to be less addictive than cocaine.
> "In a survey of UK users who had previously taken cocaine, most users found it produced a better-quality and longer-lasting high, was less addictive and carried the same risk as using cocaine.[2]"
So if cocaine is more addictive, why isn't it equally considered dangerous?
This type of misinformation is caused by the media and propagated by people who have a) never done the drug and b) spent little time researching it, such as yourself.
[1] http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/bath-salts-marijuana-fac...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephedrone#Intended_effects

He seems like a like cool dude. I hope he's innocent.

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