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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by cogman10 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:58PM (#27610264)
Perhaps, but I doubt those secrets were secrets that "they don't want you to hear". He's never been in a position to get any governmental secrets and, AFAIK, he's not really known to have connections with anyone really important in government (ala Epstein).

It also makes little sense that the US government would kill him before extradition and not after when they have a lot more control over narrative and investigations. Killing him on foreign soil makes everything needlessly harder for the US.

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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:24PM (#27610592)
>He's never been in a position to get any governmental secrets and, AFAIK,

Part of his career was at Booz Allen Hamilton, though not for too long. Also he was in a position where corporate or personal secrets may have been accessible, which could also explain why an extradition would lead to action.

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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by CRConrad on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:25AM (#27631960)
You're talking Snowden, right?

I think the GP you replied to meant McAfee. (Snowden was never supposed to have killed anyone, was he?)

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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by boomboomsubban on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:48PM (#27636072)
No, McAfee worked at Booz Allen Hamilton in the 80's.
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Re:John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approv... by CRConrad on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:16PM (#27636380)
Aha... So Snowden only found the clues McAfee planted way back when; McAfee was actually the real whistle-blower all along!

...or not.

TIL; thanks.

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