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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by willis936 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:16PM (#27609665)
Truly the latter. He was not a well-adjusted, grounded individual.

Also, what benefit is there to the US to kill him? They already won. Being able to kill people you have custody of is a weak message compared to "nowhere is safe from us".

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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by bingidingi on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:28PM (#27609848)
They don't want him in the press talking about what exactly? He didn't exactly come across as a guy that would flee to central america to keep decades-long secrets.
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by colordrops on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:23PM (#27609777)
They don't want him in the press talking. And it sends a message.
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by Gigamo on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:42PM (#27610056)
He was literally tweeting up until a few days ago. What makes you think he'd need the press to "unveil" anything "they" "don't want him talking about"?
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by colordrops on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:48PM (#27610144)
No one was paying attention to his tweets. He'd get a lot of attention in an extradition.
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by willis936 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:29PM (#27609879)
The message was already sent: you can't flee from the IRS once you are a target. Showing you're not afraid to kill enemies isn't nearly as chilling.
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by watwut on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:35PM (#27609963)
Prisoners dont get to talk to press all that much. You are 100% of time under controll. And having him in prison for long sends even better message then maybe-murder-maybe-not.
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by CRConrad on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:09AM (#27631753)
What high-level conspiracies was he supposed to have been a party to, that he could have leaked?
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