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Hello, there.
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My name is John McAfee.
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[ Crash ]
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[ Women talking excitedly ]
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[ Gunshot ]
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Just coming in right now...
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John McAfee, the creator
of an antivirus software,
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found dead in a Spanish prison.
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He's dead. They killed him.
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Within 30 minutes
of McAfee's death,
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the hashtag
"JohnMcAfeeDidntKillHimself"
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went viral.
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McAfee said
if he ever wound up dead
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by suicide in a prison cell,
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he was whacked
by the U.S. government.
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"They did to him
what they did to Epstein."
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You cannot
make this crap up, folks.
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This is... This is real life.
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McAfee was seen as a rebel,
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an outlaw, a truth-teller.
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The Deep State rules everything.
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I don't believe
he killed himself.
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I believe he was murdered.
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We don't have an autopsy report.
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We don't have
any crime-scene photos.
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It's like a game,
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and there were people
that got caught up in it,
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and it was dangerous.
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??
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911. Emergency.
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The official narrative
doesn't tell the whole story.
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But you really
have to look at everything.
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You still have to go down
that rabbit hole.
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You still have to go down
that path.
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When a celebrity dies,
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the search for answers
moves online,
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and the truth
may be one click away.
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It's the morning
of June 23, 2021,
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in a small prison
outside of Barcelona,
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and John McAfee
has just received the news
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he had been dreading.
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Spain's National Court
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has ordered his extradition
to the United States.
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If convicted,
it means the 75-year-old
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could spend the rest of his life
behind bars.
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According to his wife,
McAfee spoke to her briefly
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on the phone that morning.
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His last words to me were,
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"I love you and
I will call you in the evening."
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But the call never came.
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Around 4:00 p.m.,
McAfee asked prison guards
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to let him stay in his cell
during his scheduled free time.
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But when they return
two hours later,
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they make a shocking discovery.
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John McAfee's lifeless body
is found hanging.
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John McAfee, the creator
of an antivirus software,
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found dead in a Spanish prison.
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John McAfee was a
multimillionaire entrepreneur,
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famous for the McAfee antivirus
software that he invented.
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But to many, he's best known
for his outlandish exploits,
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colorful personality,
and wild conspiracy theories.
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His death was a bonanza
of conspiracy theories,
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and I knew it would be
as soon as it happened.
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He was involved in money.
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There were drugs.
There were women.
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There was weird stuff.
There were flights From the law.
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My name is Jimmy Watson.
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Can't talk about the missions
that I was on,
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but I did 12 combat deployments
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between the Marine Corps
and the Navy SEALs.
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John McAfee... he said,
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"I need you to come over
to my house immediately
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'cause I'm in fear
for my life."
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I was like, "Sir,
I'm here to protect you."
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I started seeing what John
was seeing through his eyes.
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Then we started becoming closer.
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Most people see
these documentaries
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out there and stuff about him.
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Nothing has been accurate
about him so far.
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He's portrayed as the bad guy.
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Because that's
all they know of him.
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That's all he wanted them
to know about him.
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That's why there's so much
misportrayal out there
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about him because
they don't have the real story.
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When I heard that John McAfee
had died,
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everything about it
seemed suspicious
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because everything in his life
was so weird
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and so public and so outsized.
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[ Gun cocks, gunshot ]
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And so many people
may have had good reason
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to think his death
was suspicious
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because just three days
before his alleged suicide,
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his wife tweeted that powerful
forces were out to get him.
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- "Somebody got to him.
- Somebody took him out.
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There's no way this happened
by his own hand.
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There has to be
a conspiracy here."
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When Spanish authorities
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released little information
about his death,
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online sleuths
turned to the Internet
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for clues about who might have
wanted John McAfee dead and why.
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My name is Deanna Thompson,
and I am an Internet sleuth.
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From 2010 to 2012,
I tracked down a killer,
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and he was eventually arrested.
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I was always fascinated
with McAfee
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because I spend a lot of time
in dark places on the Internet,
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and so did John.
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So when he died,
I became fascinated
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with all the conspiracies
surrounding his death.
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When you're talking
about conspiracy theories
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like John McAfee
didn't kill himself,
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there's not one narrative
leading throughout.
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In the hours after his death,
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three theories
begin to spread online.
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Some claim he was taken out
by the U.S. government
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because he knew too much
about the so-called Deep State.
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He said he's going to release
information to the news outlets
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about Hollywood elites
and corporate America elites
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that are, you know,
in this evil cabal
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that are raping
and murdering children.
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Another theory is
he was targeted
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by a Central American government
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because he was going to expose
their corruption.
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And on the fringes of the Web,
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an even more bizarre idea
begins to spread...
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That he faked his own death
and is still out there.
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His ex believes
that he faked his own death.
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This is a case where
the people who knew him best
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are the ones
adding fuel to the fire.
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- [ Ding! ]
- I've been working as
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an investigative journalist
for over a decade now.
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I've been really focusing in
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on the spread of myths
and disinformation
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and how conspiracy theories
take hold of society.
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I have a background
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in army counterintelligence
and anti-terrorism operations,
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and I'm a criminal investigator
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for my local
sheriff's department.
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What Justin, Deanna, and I are
going to do here
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is evaluate
some of these theories
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and see where they lead us
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and see if they lead us
in a plausible direction.
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When we're missing key pieces
of evidence in a case,
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we have to think outside the box
a little bit
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and start looking at the next...
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ring, if you will,
of information.
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As online sleuths
start poring over the details
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of McAfee's strange
and troubled life,
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they immediately
discover patterns.
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In order to understand
who John McAfee is,
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you really have to know
about his origins.
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He seemed to have it all,
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but in learning about him,
he definitely had a dark side.
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So, when you learn that
somebody committed suicide,
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one of the first things
you ask yourself is,
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does that person have a family
history of mental-health issues?
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He grew up
in a very abusive household,
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being abused
by his alcoholic father.
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And one thing we do know
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is that John's father
was abusive to him.
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And he said that his father
committed suicide with a gun
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when John was 15.
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That's a really important
data point.
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In 1986, the world's
first computer virus
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crossed over from Pakistan
to America,
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and McAfee saw an opportunity.
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He developed the world's
first antivirus program.
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McAfee stumbled on
a brilliant idea.
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Within five years
of launching his company,
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half of Fortune 500 companies
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were using
McAfee antivirus software.
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[ Dial-up modem buzzing ]
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McAfee left his namesake company
with a $100-million fortune
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and, over the decade
that followed,
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managed to squander
almost all of it.
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He spent a lot of money
on, like, weird ventures.
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One of McAfee's startup ideas
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was an aviation sport
called aerotrekking,
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which basically involved people
flying around in giant kites,
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but the sport had a deadly end.
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It led to the death
of his nephew,
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as well as a father of three.
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And not long afterwards,
probably facing
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a wrongful-death lawsuit,
McAfee fled to Belize.
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This would become kind of
a pattern for McAfee.
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He'd get in trouble,
he'd flee the country.
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He reinvented himself
as a tycoon.
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He was constantly surrounded
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with scantily clad women
and heavily armed bodyguards.
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When he arrives in Belize,
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McAfee makes friends
with local authorities
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when he donates
stun guns, radios,
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and other gear to the police.
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And at first, they appear
to look the other way
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while he parties, shoots guns,
and does whatever he wants.
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But he claims
the government got greedy
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and tried to extort him
for more money.
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The local political authority
and police came to me
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and said, "Mr. McAfee,
if you would donate $2 million,
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we'll give you a million acres."
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I said no.
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They wanted him to pay
the president at the time
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$2 million for his campaign
coming up.
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He refused to.
Bad things happened.
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McAfee allegedly tries to turn
the tables on the government
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using his knowledge
of Internet security.
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He donated these computers
to the government
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with a keystroke technology
software on them
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so he could collect dirt
from them.
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He was collecting
vital information on them.
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He claims that his spy software
had uncovered corruption
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at the highest levels
of the Belize government.
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His conflict
with Belizean authorities
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reaches a boiling point in 2012.
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McAfee got in all sorts
of new legal hot water
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when his neighbor was found shot
in the back of the head.
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McAfee and the neighbor had been
disputing for quite some time.
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The neighbor
had allegedly complained
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about McAfee's aggressive dogs.
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And shortly thereafter,
McAfee claims
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he discovered the dogs
had been poisoned.
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Unsurprisingly, Belizean police
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looked at McAfee
as the prime suspect.
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McAfee publicly denied
any involvement
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in his neighbor's death.
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- Did I kill Mr. Faull? No.
- Let me be clear.
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But privately,
he implied a different story.
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One day, he leaned in to me,
and he says, "Son..."
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He said, "You know how much
I love my dogs, right?"
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And I said, "Yes, sir.
I know you love your dogs."
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'Cause he loved them dogs.
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And he said, you know...
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"I'll just leave it at that."
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Fearing arrest, McAfee
flees Belize for Guatemala,
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but he's detained upon arrival
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for entering the country
illegally.
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McAfee finally surfaced
in Guatemala...
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How many people
at the checkpoint?
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...where he was arrested.
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- John, where are you going?
- To jail.
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McAfee fled the U.S.
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after his "sky kite" game
killed two people.
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Now he's fleeing Belize after
his neighbor winds up dead.
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It's a pattern that would
keep repeating itself.
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In Guatemala, he suffers
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what appears to be
a serious medical incident,
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but in reality,
McAfee has pulled off a move
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worthy of "Ocean's 11."
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He had faked a heart attack
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and soon after is deported
back to the United States.
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- I'm going to America.
- I'm very glad to be going home.
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- John, any regrets?!
- No regrets.
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No regrets.
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The heart issue...
Was that a ruse?
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- Did you do that to...?
- I'm sorry?
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The issues with your heart.
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- Of course it was ruse.
- Get real.
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He was a master escape artist.
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If you doubted him, you just
looked like a fool in the end.
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It's like he's continually
playing a chess game
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with everyone and everything.
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It's after he leaves Belize
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that McAfee begins
to speak publicly
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about his theory
that the government of Belize
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is out to get him.
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He said, "The Belizean
government's after me,
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and if something happens to me,
I'm gonna release
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all this information
to news sources worldwide."
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The Belize government has denied
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all allegations of corruption
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and any involvement
in McAfee's death.
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After he fled,
the Belizean prime minister
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called McAfee "bonkers."
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Online conspiracy theorists
still debate
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whether the Belizean government
played any part in his death.
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But John McAfee
would soon start spreading
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another conspiracy theory
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about a government
much closer to home.
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He accuses the U.S. government
of trying to kill him.
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- He was terrified for his life.
- Somebody was hunting him down.
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I don't believe
he killed himself.
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I believe he was murdered.
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In June 2021,
tech entrepreneur John McAfee
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is found hanging
in his Spanish prison cell.
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While some people are convinced
McAfee killed himself,
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alternate theories begin
to take over the Internet.
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After stating
on multiple occasions
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that he would not
take his own life,
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Internet security mogul and
conspiracy theorist John McAfee
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was found dead
of an apparent suicide.
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Some wonder if a foreign
government had got to him,
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but across the Internet, another
theory was going viral...
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The so-called Deep State
had killed him
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because he was going to
expose their darkest secrets.
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He's dead. They killed him.
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??
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He certainly didn't believe
that if something happened
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it would be by his own hand.
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Messages from U.S. officials
saying, in effect,
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"We're coming for you, McAfee."
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Does the government
have the power to do this?
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Absolutely.
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You cannot
make this crap up, folks.
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This is... This is real life.
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In a whole bunch
of online communities,
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there's kind of a constant
conversation going on about,
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you know, who
the Deep State is targeting
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and what really happened to some
of these high-profile deaths.
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They have headlines like
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"Deep State true believer McAfee
dead, as he predicted."
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McAfee said
if he ever wound up dead
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by suicide in a prison cell,
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he was whacked
by the U.S. government,
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which was pursuing him
for tax evasion.
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Another article written
by a really prominent
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conspiracy theorist reads,
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"John McAfee's wife
claims Spanish authorities
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are overseeing
a cover-up of his death."
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John McAfee thought
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the government was after him,
big-time,
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and he had terrible fears
about it.
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And you couldn't help but think
that some of it was true.
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John McAfee had spent
nearly four years in Belize,
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but when tensions
reached a boiling point
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when he was suspected
in his neighbor's murder,
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he returns to the U.S. in 2012.
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By the time
he gets back to the U.S.,
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McAfee is paranoid.
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He figured the Belizean
government was after him,
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drug traffickers,
maybe the U.S. government.
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Who knows who else.
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He was so worried
about his own safety
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that he hired a crack team
of former military personnel
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to serve as
his personal bodyguards.
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??
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- His place was like a compound.
- I walk in.
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It seemed like
a dangerous environment.
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Filled with smoke like a casino.
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He had holes in the walls
all by his room
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where he had shot holes
through the wall.
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So I was like, "Man,
I got to get out of here."
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You know, in the SEAL teams,
we don't play that game.
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McAfee would stay in his room
for days trading cryptocurrency.
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- He always seemed very intense.
- He was always thinking.
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He would just sit there
and just stare
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and just tap his foot, you know?
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The early days of cryptocurrency
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were a nearly lawless world
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full of conspiracy theorists
and anti-government outlaws.
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And it's here,
in the dark reaches of the Web,
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that online investigators
begin digging into the theory
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that the U.S. government
had him killed.
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When I got this case,
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I was like,
"I really know a lot about him."
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You know, I had been immersed
in John McAfee's world
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for... eight or nine years.
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I was a member
of these Telegram channels
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where people would
talk about John McAfee.
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My impression
was that he liked infamy.
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I think he enjoyed the renegade,
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rebellious kind of persona
that he portrayed,
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but his persona
that he portrayed
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was so hard to like.
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Especially as, like, a woman
in the cryptocurrency space,
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he was just so... aggressive.
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McAfee's alpha-male personality
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helps make him an early
cryptocurrency influencer.
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He had a million followers,
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and 75% of them
were doing what he suggested.
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John McAfee was a figurehead
in the cryptocurrency community.
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I call them "crypto bros."
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They're all very machismo.
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They're all very conspiratorial.
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Crypto wasn't just a way
to make money.
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For McAfee, it's also part
of a political movement.
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For the last couple of years
of his life,
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he had reinvented himself
as a messiah
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in the crypto
libertarian movement.
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McAfee was an early booster
of cryptocurrencies.
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Publicly,
he was extolling the virtue
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of a decentralized,
private currency,
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but really what was going on
is that he found a way
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to move his money far away from
the prying eyes of government.
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He saw crypto
as the freest commodity.
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He wanted others
to enjoy the freedoms
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that we're supposed to have,
you see.
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With all existing
fiat currencies,
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you must trust somebody,
the U.S. government.
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They own you. They control you.
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Cryptocurrency, you don't need
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anybody's permission
to do anything.
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I can send whatever I want
anywhere instantly.
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It's all part of McAfee's
libertarian philosophy
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of limited government
and maximum freedom.
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John McAfee
was a big libertarian.
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He tried twice to run
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on the Libertarian Party
banner for president.
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McAfee was seen as
an outlaw, a truth-teller,
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somebody that the MSM
and the politicians
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were trying to silence.
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Elected officials, presidents,
Congress, whatever.
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The true power in the government
is not those people.
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The Seep State,
which is the career,
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99% of our government,
rules everything.
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He bragged about avoiding taxes.
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I have not paid taxes
for eight years.
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I've made no secret of it.
I have not filed returns.
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When privacy coins
are widely used,
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governments will no longer
be able to collect income taxes.
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And as McAfee's
anti-government rants
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become more and more popular,
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his fears grow
that he's now a target.
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He was terrified for his life.
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I started to realize
that somebody
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was following John McAfee.
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Somebody was hunting him down.
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Somebody had it out for him.
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I would see certain things,
like these black SUVs
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circling the property
over and over and over.
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That doesn't happen to anybody
unless you're being watched
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or somebody wants to appear
to threaten you.
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As the months went by,
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what other people call paranoia,
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I call complacency
on their behalf.
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In June 2019,
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McAfee's paranoia
pushes him to the edge
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and he flees the country again,
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this time for Cuba.
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And while on the run,
he announces that he's amassed
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31 terabytes
of incriminating evidence
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on his enemies
in the so-called Deep State.
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He threatens to release
the information
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if anything happens to him.
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00:19:46,270 --> 00:19:47,770
He was very involved
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in his own fairy tale
of being this, like...
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"on the run,
everybody's out to get me.
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I have all these secrets
about everybody,
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00:19:53,777 --> 00:19:55,361
and they're afraid
I'm gonna release
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31 terabytes of data
to, you know, the world
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about all the corruption
in the U.S. government."
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He tweeted, "Why am I keeping
this information private
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if it could help the world?
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Because I am a dead man
the moment it's released."
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McAfee even permanently marks
his own body
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to let the world know
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00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:14,922
if anything happens to him
He didn't do it.
446
00:20:14,923 --> 00:20:18,968
He got out a tattoo
of "Whackd" on his arm.
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00:20:18,969 --> 00:20:22,346
He's obviously
telling the world,
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00:20:22,347 --> 00:20:25,141
"Look.
I'm not gonna kill myself."
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He would tell me all the time.
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He said, "Jimmy,
you know, if I die,
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somebody poisoned me,
somebody killed me.
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Do you understand that?"
And I'd say, "Yes, sir."
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But in October 2020,
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the long arm of
the U.S. justice system
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finally catches up with him,
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proving his paranoia
isn't total fantasy.
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00:20:43,827 --> 00:20:45,453
Just because you're paranoid
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doesn't mean the government's
not out to get you.
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00:20:47,498 --> 00:20:50,166
And in McAfee's case, they were.
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00:20:50,167 --> 00:20:53,753
McAfee is charged with
multiple counts of tax evasion.
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Which he basically confessed
to publicly, repeatedly.
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But here they were not
looking to kill him.
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They were looking
to prosecute him.
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But once again,
McAfee flees authorities
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and he heads to Europe.
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00:21:06,558 --> 00:21:08,559
He was always trying
to play that chess game
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and be one step ahead.
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But this time it's checkmate,
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00:21:11,939 --> 00:21:13,940
and he's arrested
by Spanish authorities
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while trying to board
a flight to Istanbul.
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Nine months later, he'd be dead
of an apparent suicide.
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And his death will ignite
a wave of speculation
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connected to
one of the Internet's
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most infamous
conspiracy theories.
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It was instantly spread
around as, "They took him out.
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00:21:30,332 --> 00:21:32,708
They did to him
what they did to Epstein."
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00:21:32,709 --> 00:21:35,504
It was just there immediately,
and it was everywhere.
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When antivirus-software pioneer
John McAfee is found dead
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in a Spanish prison
in June 2021,
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media reports around the world
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only focus on
the official cause of death.
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Antivirus-software entrepreneur
John McAfee
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has reportedly been found dead
in his Spanish jail cell.
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00:22:01,780 --> 00:22:04,323
All signs point to suicide.
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00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:06,659
But online conspiracy theorists
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refuse to believe
he killed himself.
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00:22:09,288 --> 00:22:14,750
They say John McAfee was
murdered by the U.S. government.
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To try and separate
fact from fiction
489
00:22:16,795 --> 00:22:19,005
in this explosive allegation,
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00:22:19,006 --> 00:22:21,007
Internet investigators
begin examining
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00:22:21,008 --> 00:22:25,636
McAfee's digital footprint
while he was incarcerated.
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The events leading up
to his death are important.
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It's always crucial
to look at the hours,
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the days,
maybe even the months prior.
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In the first months
of captivity,
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McAfee begins sending tweets
from prison.
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They appear to paint a picture
498
00:22:41,278 --> 00:22:43,613
of a man familiar
to those who know him,
499
00:22:43,614 --> 00:22:46,407
defiant in
the face of adversity.
500
00:22:46,408 --> 00:22:48,284
His tweet is this.
501
00:22:48,285 --> 00:22:50,911
"I am content in here.
I have friends.
502
00:22:50,912 --> 00:22:53,205
The food is good. All is well.
503
00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:56,000
Know that if I hang myself,
a la Epstein,
504
00:22:56,001 --> 00:22:58,377
it will be no fault of mine."
505
00:22:58,378 --> 00:23:01,297
So at face value,
this tweet makes it sound
506
00:23:01,298 --> 00:23:03,257
like he's making it clear
507
00:23:03,258 --> 00:23:06,427
that if he is ever found
hanging in his cell
508
00:23:06,428 --> 00:23:08,596
that it was not his own doing.
509
00:23:08,597 --> 00:23:13,017
He is putting the idea out there
in people's minds now.
510
00:23:13,018 --> 00:23:16,479
But McAfee's lawyer claims
his client was isolated
511
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,815
as part of a larger plot
to break him.
512
00:23:19,816 --> 00:23:21,108
My name is Nishay Sanan.
513
00:23:21,109 --> 00:23:22,652
I do federal
criminal defense work
514
00:23:22,653 --> 00:23:24,028
all over the country.
515
00:23:24,029 --> 00:23:26,447
John McAfee's wife, Janice,
516
00:23:26,448 --> 00:23:28,157
asked if I'd be interested
in representing him
517
00:23:28,158 --> 00:23:30,868
in both the tax criminal case
in Tennessee
518
00:23:30,869 --> 00:23:32,787
and in the
securities fraud case.
519
00:23:32,788 --> 00:23:35,247
We had a lot of problems
with this prison, dealing with this prison.
520
00:23:35,248 --> 00:23:37,458
I wasn't even able
to go see him.
521
00:23:37,459 --> 00:23:41,671
They were blocking my ability
as his U.S. attorney,
522
00:23:41,672 --> 00:23:43,714
basically saying
I'm not his attorney in Spain.
523
00:23:43,715 --> 00:23:45,675
They didn't want him
in a big prison
524
00:23:45,676 --> 00:23:47,843
where he would become popular
525
00:23:47,844 --> 00:23:50,179
and, again,
where he could use the media.
526
00:23:50,180 --> 00:23:52,556
And, you know, if you follow
the conspiracy theories,
527
00:23:52,557 --> 00:23:54,350
if he was murdered,
it's a lot easier
528
00:23:54,351 --> 00:23:57,770
to do it in a small prison
than a big prison.
529
00:23:57,771 --> 00:23:59,438
McAfee's wife, Janice,
530
00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:03,693
claims he's determined
to fight his case to the end.
531
00:24:03,694 --> 00:24:06,153
Three days before he died,
she tweeted this.
532
00:24:06,154 --> 00:24:07,863
"Now the U.S. authorities
are determined
533
00:24:07,864 --> 00:24:09,990
to have John die in prison
to make an example of him
534
00:24:09,991 --> 00:24:11,701
for speaking out
against the corruption
535
00:24:11,702 --> 00:24:13,369
within their
government agencies."
536
00:24:13,370 --> 00:24:15,746
Janice was certain
that John was being targeted.
537
00:24:15,747 --> 00:24:19,041
On the morning of June 23, 2021,
538
00:24:19,042 --> 00:24:21,043
John McAfee is told he has lost
539
00:24:21,044 --> 00:24:23,921
his extradition appeal
to the U.S.
540
00:24:23,922 --> 00:24:27,091
John McAfee was not suicidal.
541
00:24:27,092 --> 00:24:31,637
I spoke with him a few hours
before he was found dead.
542
00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:33,472
We spoke about
the court's decision
543
00:24:33,473 --> 00:24:35,891
to extradite him to the U.S.
544
00:24:35,892 --> 00:24:39,437
It did not come as a surprise
to either of us.
545
00:24:39,438 --> 00:24:41,063
We were prepared
for that decision
546
00:24:41,064 --> 00:24:43,315
and had a plan of action
already in place
547
00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:45,359
to appeal that decision.
548
00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:48,362
Immediately after John McAfee's
death is announced,
549
00:24:48,363 --> 00:24:51,407
one online conspiracy community
in particular
550
00:24:51,408 --> 00:24:53,200
begins lighting up the Internet.
551
00:24:53,201 --> 00:24:54,827
A lot of right-wing
online communities
552
00:24:54,828 --> 00:24:57,163
really freaked out
over McAfee's death.
553
00:24:57,164 --> 00:25:02,084
As 4chan user posted,
"It was DEFCON 1."
554
00:25:02,085 --> 00:25:04,336
When I first heard
about John's death,
555
00:25:04,337 --> 00:25:06,005
one of the first things
that came to mind
556
00:25:06,006 --> 00:25:07,631
was the similarities
557
00:25:07,632 --> 00:25:10,718
between John's death
and Jeffrey Epstein's death.
558
00:25:10,719 --> 00:25:13,512
They both allegedly
hung themselves
559
00:25:13,513 --> 00:25:16,098
in prison or in a jail.
560
00:25:16,099 --> 00:25:18,601
And I thought to myself,
561
00:25:18,602 --> 00:25:22,021
could there possibly be
a connection between these two?
562
00:25:22,022 --> 00:25:25,900
John McAfee was super into
563
00:25:25,901 --> 00:25:27,943
the "Jeffrey Epstein
didn't kill himself,"
564
00:25:27,944 --> 00:25:30,654
like, conspiracy rabbit hole
565
00:25:30,655 --> 00:25:33,365
that, you know, is really
prevalent on the Internet.
566
00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:36,952
And he made a lot
of references to that,
567
00:25:36,953 --> 00:25:39,455
you know, the whole controversy,
568
00:25:39,456 --> 00:25:41,874
including, like,
Hillary Clinton was involved
569
00:25:41,875 --> 00:25:44,585
and Pizzagate
is somehow involved
570
00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:47,963
and Jeffrey Epstein
didn't kill himself.
571
00:25:47,964 --> 00:25:50,508
Like many online
conspiracy theorists,
572
00:25:50,509 --> 00:25:53,969
McAfee believed convicted
pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
573
00:25:53,970 --> 00:25:56,514
was murdered by
the so-called Deep State
574
00:25:56,515 --> 00:25:58,599
because he had
damaging information
575
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,143
about high-profile people.
576
00:26:01,144 --> 00:26:03,521
Now McAfee himself is dead,
577
00:26:03,522 --> 00:26:05,940
and conspiracy message boards
around the world
578
00:26:05,941 --> 00:26:07,650
begin spreading the theory
579
00:26:07,651 --> 00:26:10,694
that he was taken out
because he knew too much.
580
00:26:10,695 --> 00:26:12,863
Within a half-hour
of McAfee's death,
581
00:26:12,864 --> 00:26:15,157
an Instagram account
was opened in his name,
582
00:26:15,158 --> 00:26:18,035
and it posted
only the letter "Q."
583
00:26:18,036 --> 00:26:22,331
Naturally, QAnon went hog wild.
584
00:26:22,332 --> 00:26:25,751
In 2019, McAfee had claimed
he had amassed
585
00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:28,420
31 terabytes
of incriminating evidence
586
00:26:28,421 --> 00:26:32,800
about some of the most powerful
people in the world.
587
00:26:32,801 --> 00:26:35,511
He said he had
this compromising information
588
00:26:35,512 --> 00:26:39,765
on politicians, media members,
finance elites...
589
00:26:39,766 --> 00:26:41,600
All of the same people
who are caught up
590
00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:44,061
in the "pedophile rings"
and the Deep State.
591
00:26:44,062 --> 00:26:47,857
McAfee said if he died
under suspicious circumstances,
592
00:26:47,858 --> 00:26:50,985
a so-called "dead man's switch"
would be triggered
593
00:26:50,986 --> 00:26:54,530
and the information
would be released online.
594
00:26:54,531 --> 00:26:57,408
A dead man's switch
is literally a switch
595
00:26:57,409 --> 00:26:59,869
that will be activated
by your death.
596
00:26:59,870 --> 00:27:01,328
You know, the physical version
597
00:27:01,329 --> 00:27:03,247
is sort of the switch
that you're holding,
598
00:27:03,248 --> 00:27:05,040
that, when you die,
your body releases it
599
00:27:05,041 --> 00:27:07,418
and the bomb goes off
or the nukes launch.
600
00:27:07,419 --> 00:27:09,211
There are real things like that.
601
00:27:09,212 --> 00:27:12,131
There are military dead man's
switches that we know about.
602
00:27:12,132 --> 00:27:14,633
So the John McAfee
dead man's switch
603
00:27:14,634 --> 00:27:16,510
might be something that triggers
604
00:27:16,511 --> 00:27:18,929
if he doesn't post on Instagram
for two days.
605
00:27:18,930 --> 00:27:20,681
It is intrinsically plausible
606
00:27:20,682 --> 00:27:23,058
that John McAfee could have
had that dead man's switch.
607
00:27:23,059 --> 00:27:24,560
He is a technical genius.
608
00:27:24,561 --> 00:27:26,395
He knows his way
around programming.
609
00:27:26,396 --> 00:27:27,855
He's also very wealthy,
610
00:27:27,856 --> 00:27:29,857
and he goes in the circles
of the wealthy.
611
00:27:29,858 --> 00:27:31,901
So it is plausible
that he could have gotten
612
00:27:31,902 --> 00:27:34,778
all of this information,
used his expertise
613
00:27:34,779 --> 00:27:37,531
to design this system
that would protect him
614
00:27:37,532 --> 00:27:40,576
or at the very least
take out all of these people
615
00:27:40,577 --> 00:27:42,536
if he himself got taken out.
616
00:27:42,537 --> 00:27:45,456
Followers of the right-wing
QAnon conspiracy
617
00:27:45,457 --> 00:27:48,417
instantly latch on
to his "Q" Instagram post
618
00:27:48,418 --> 00:27:51,086
as the signal
they had been waiting for.
619
00:27:51,087 --> 00:27:55,215
QAnon is built around an event
called the Great Awakening,
620
00:27:55,216 --> 00:27:57,927
and this will be the mass purge
of the Deep State,
621
00:27:57,928 --> 00:28:02,222
the mass arrests, the great
cleansing of the Western soul.
622
00:28:02,223 --> 00:28:04,266
And they've been promising it
for years,
623
00:28:04,267 --> 00:28:06,101
and it was always
about to happen.
624
00:28:06,102 --> 00:28:10,105
So when you have McAfee dying
and then posting a giant "Q,"
625
00:28:10,106 --> 00:28:14,109
they're looking at this
as an unmistakable sign from Q
626
00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:15,861
that the Awakening is upon us.
627
00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:18,989
"Here we go. At last."
628
00:28:18,990 --> 00:28:22,493
In the immediate aftermath
of the "Q" image being posted,
629
00:28:22,494 --> 00:28:24,286
the sleuths of QAnon
630
00:28:24,287 --> 00:28:26,538
immediately looked
at the metadata for the image.
631
00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:28,457
They looked at the pixels
for the image.
632
00:28:28,458 --> 00:28:30,334
They started looking
at all the different ways
633
00:28:30,335 --> 00:28:32,169
that the dead man's switch,
634
00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:33,921
that the terabytes
of information
635
00:28:33,922 --> 00:28:35,631
could have been hidden.
636
00:28:35,632 --> 00:28:37,633
They're all thinking,
"We just have to figure it out.
637
00:28:37,634 --> 00:28:40,177
This is the last clue
that he left us,
638
00:28:40,178 --> 00:28:42,137
that the normies
and the mainstream media
639
00:28:42,138 --> 00:28:43,889
will never be able
to figure out,
640
00:28:43,890 --> 00:28:47,142
but we'll be able to figure out
because we're special."
641
00:28:47,143 --> 00:28:49,478
They looked into the metadata
of the image
642
00:28:49,479 --> 00:28:52,523
and found what they claimed
was a cryptographic key
643
00:28:52,524 --> 00:28:56,151
that could have unlocked
this dead man's switch.
644
00:28:56,152 --> 00:28:58,821
What's more, within days,
a website popped up
645
00:28:58,822 --> 00:29:01,573
bearing a countdown
that many thought
646
00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:04,618
would be the release
of that trove of information.
647
00:29:04,619 --> 00:29:07,246
And as the countdown clock
winds down,
648
00:29:07,247 --> 00:29:09,498
excitement reaches
a fever pitch.
649
00:29:09,499 --> 00:29:12,626
Some believe the crown jewels
of Deep State secrets
650
00:29:12,627 --> 00:29:14,586
are finally going to be exposed.
651
00:29:14,587 --> 00:29:16,755
Crypto fam, listen up.
652
00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:18,382
3 hours, 41 minutes
653
00:29:18,383 --> 00:29:21,510
until the potential
John McAfee dead's man switch
654
00:29:21,511 --> 00:29:23,387
information being released.
655
00:29:23,388 --> 00:29:25,848
Stay tuned.
I will be reporting on this.
656
00:29:25,849 --> 00:29:27,391
"Here's all this information,
657
00:29:27,392 --> 00:29:29,268
and we've been fighting
to get it out."
658
00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:32,062
And they look at McAfee
as kind of a fallen soldier
659
00:29:32,063 --> 00:29:34,023
who gave his life for the cause
660
00:29:34,024 --> 00:29:35,607
and he was taken out
by these people
661
00:29:35,608 --> 00:29:37,943
and now he's going to
expose them.
662
00:29:37,944 --> 00:29:41,030
But like everything
associated with John McAfee,
663
00:29:41,031 --> 00:29:44,575
the countdown clock soon begins
to look like more of a hoax.
664
00:29:44,576 --> 00:29:46,869
This website
with the countdown clock
665
00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:48,537
claimed at the end of 28 days
666
00:29:48,538 --> 00:29:50,748
there would be
a live video link,
667
00:29:50,749 --> 00:29:54,084
also that something would be
uploaded to the blockchain
668
00:29:54,085 --> 00:29:56,253
which could never be removed.
669
00:29:56,254 --> 00:29:57,921
None of this amounted
to anything.
670
00:29:57,922 --> 00:29:59,798
Nothing got uploaded
to the blockchain.
671
00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:02,009
There was no video
at the end of the countdown.
672
00:30:02,010 --> 00:30:04,344
John was a famous liar.
673
00:30:04,345 --> 00:30:06,013
Even when he was saying things
674
00:30:06,014 --> 00:30:07,931
like that he had
this dead man's switch
675
00:30:07,932 --> 00:30:09,224
and he was gonna release it,
676
00:30:09,225 --> 00:30:11,018
people on Twitter loved it,
right?
677
00:30:11,019 --> 00:30:12,436
'Cause they're all into that,
678
00:30:12,437 --> 00:30:14,563
"Get Hillary Clinton.
Get, you know...
679
00:30:14,564 --> 00:30:17,024
Take down the pedophile elites."
680
00:30:17,025 --> 00:30:19,026
You know, they're into all that.
681
00:30:19,027 --> 00:30:23,280
Online sleuths see it all
as part of a long pattern.
682
00:30:23,281 --> 00:30:27,076
I think it's very possible
this 31 terabytes of data
683
00:30:27,077 --> 00:30:29,244
was total bullshit
from the beginning.
684
00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:32,748
But even as McAfee's
dead man's switch is a bust,
685
00:30:32,749 --> 00:30:36,627
new questions arise
about his death.
686
00:30:36,628 --> 00:30:38,128
Why kill yourself
687
00:30:38,129 --> 00:30:41,173
until you've lost
every last try, right?
688
00:30:41,174 --> 00:30:42,800
I don't believe
he killed himself.
689
00:30:42,801 --> 00:30:44,469
I believe he was murdered.
690
00:30:52,268 --> 00:30:54,895
We will likely never know
if John McAfee actually had
691
00:30:54,896 --> 00:30:57,523
31 terabytes
of incriminating evidence
692
00:30:57,524 --> 00:31:00,025
against
the so-called Deep State,
693
00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:02,361
but the fact McAfee's
treasure trove of secrets
694
00:31:02,362 --> 00:31:05,489
never materialized
doesn't stop speculation
695
00:31:05,490 --> 00:31:08,117
swirling around
his state of mind.
696
00:31:08,118 --> 00:31:11,161
If convicted,
McAfee faces the possibility
697
00:31:11,162 --> 00:31:12,871
of serious prison time.
698
00:31:12,872 --> 00:31:16,208
The U.S. government had
charged him with tax evasion,
699
00:31:16,209 --> 00:31:18,961
and they added on
additional charges of fraud
700
00:31:18,962 --> 00:31:21,255
related to his crypto trading.
701
00:31:21,256 --> 00:31:22,840
But as online investigators
702
00:31:22,841 --> 00:31:24,967
dig into the last months
of his life,
703
00:31:24,968 --> 00:31:27,427
they begin to paint
a much different picture
704
00:31:27,428 --> 00:31:30,305
of his legal battles
than had been reported.
705
00:31:30,306 --> 00:31:34,143
John knew that even if
we had lost the first round
706
00:31:34,144 --> 00:31:36,603
of extradition
on the Tennessee case,
707
00:31:36,604 --> 00:31:39,022
there was still
round two and round three
708
00:31:39,023 --> 00:31:42,109
on the higher levels of court,
even in the Spanish system.
709
00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:44,319
So we were still
six to nine months out
710
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,613
before, in my opinion,
he would have ever step foot
711
00:31:46,614 --> 00:31:48,490
in the United States.
712
00:31:48,491 --> 00:31:51,827
Top legal experts
back in the U.S. agree.
713
00:31:51,828 --> 00:31:55,247
McAfee still had many
legal moves left to make.
714
00:31:55,248 --> 00:31:57,457
My name is Hope Lefeber.
715
00:31:57,458 --> 00:31:59,710
I am a criminal defense lawyer.
716
00:31:59,711 --> 00:32:03,755
Mr. McAfee was facing
a slew of charges.
717
00:32:03,756 --> 00:32:06,341
He was charged with conspiracy
718
00:32:06,342 --> 00:32:10,679
to commit commodities
and securities fraud.
719
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:15,350
But when things seem impossible,
then you cut a deal.
720
00:32:15,351 --> 00:32:16,935
You hedge your bets.
721
00:32:16,936 --> 00:32:20,814
John McAfee had many defenses
available to him.
722
00:32:20,815 --> 00:32:22,274
Why kill yourself
723
00:32:22,275 --> 00:32:25,819
until you've lost
every last try, right?
724
00:32:25,820 --> 00:32:28,947
Problems with the law
are nothing new for John McAfee.
725
00:32:28,948 --> 00:32:31,158
There had been lawsuits
and criminal charges
726
00:32:31,159 --> 00:32:33,202
throughout his chaotic career.
727
00:32:33,203 --> 00:32:36,330
But he always found ways
to get out of them.
728
00:32:36,331 --> 00:32:39,124
And even if he was extradited
to the U.S.,
729
00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:41,168
experts note legal precedents
730
00:32:41,169 --> 00:32:43,712
around cryptocurrency
are uncertain.
731
00:32:43,713 --> 00:32:46,006
On paper, it looks terrible
732
00:32:46,007 --> 00:32:49,051
and it looks like
he will be facing
733
00:32:49,052 --> 00:32:53,639
8 to 12 years or possibly more
in jail.
734
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,391
However, it has not
ever been determined
735
00:32:56,392 --> 00:32:59,311
by Congress or the Supreme Court
736
00:32:59,312 --> 00:33:01,605
precisely what
cryptocurrency is.
737
00:33:01,606 --> 00:33:06,068
Believe it or not,
there is no standing precedent
738
00:33:06,069 --> 00:33:10,113
that controls right now
on these issues.
739
00:33:10,114 --> 00:33:13,200
If he wanted to be the martyr
and commit suicide,
740
00:33:13,201 --> 00:33:15,911
why wouldn't he wait till
he got back to the United States
741
00:33:15,912 --> 00:33:20,123
and do it in a U.S. prison cell
and shove it up their asses?
742
00:33:20,124 --> 00:33:21,625
He said,
"I'm not gonna kill myself.
743
00:33:21,626 --> 00:33:24,962
If I'm found hung or found dead,
I was Epstein'd."
744
00:33:24,963 --> 00:33:26,546
That's the way I look at this.
745
00:33:26,547 --> 00:33:28,257
I don't think
he would have killed himself
746
00:33:28,258 --> 00:33:30,342
in a Spanish prison, and I don't
believe he killed himself.
747
00:33:30,343 --> 00:33:32,010
I believe he was murdered.
748
00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:33,470
And when online investigators
749
00:33:33,471 --> 00:33:36,139
begin looking into
his alleged suicide note,
750
00:33:36,140 --> 00:33:38,225
even more questions emerge.
751
00:33:38,226 --> 00:33:40,477
There was a suicide note found,
752
00:33:40,478 --> 00:33:43,981
and he was hanging
from the bunk bed.
753
00:33:43,982 --> 00:33:48,318
John's suicide note...
Janice tweeted a copy of it.
754
00:33:48,319 --> 00:33:50,654
You know your family members'
handwriting.
755
00:33:50,655 --> 00:33:52,990
If you laid out
a bunch of pieces of paper
756
00:33:52,991 --> 00:33:55,659
with each one of your
family members' writing on it,
757
00:33:55,660 --> 00:33:57,703
you would be able to say,
"That's my sisters.
758
00:33:57,704 --> 00:33:59,288
That's my brothers.
759
00:33:59,289 --> 00:34:01,957
That's my dad's.
That's my mom's."
760
00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:04,376
When I saw John McAfee's
suicide note, I said,
761
00:34:04,377 --> 00:34:06,837
"That's not John McAfee's,
and that's that."
762
00:34:06,838 --> 00:34:08,380
It's not.
763
00:34:08,381 --> 00:34:10,007
The handwriting
in John's suicide note
764
00:34:10,008 --> 00:34:11,758
is very hard to read.
765
00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:15,554
So I did dig into what the
suicide note said on Twitter.
766
00:34:15,555 --> 00:34:18,724
So I found the most popular one,
and this is it.
767
00:34:18,725 --> 00:34:20,392
It says,
"I am a phantom parasite.
768
00:34:20,393 --> 00:34:22,602
The present moments..."
And there's a question mark
769
00:34:22,603 --> 00:34:24,271
because the handwriting's
terrible.
770
00:34:24,272 --> 00:34:26,023
"I use it to attain my own ends.
771
00:34:26,024 --> 00:34:28,317
Instead of fully living it,
I want to control my future,
772
00:34:28,318 --> 00:34:29,860
which does not exist.
773
00:34:29,861 --> 00:34:32,612
By using the present
and the past as controller
774
00:34:32,613 --> 00:34:34,072
through the knowledge
of my past,
775
00:34:34,073 --> 00:34:35,699
which are mere ashes of memory."
776
00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:37,451
And then there's a bunch
of things, like, crossed out.
777
00:34:37,452 --> 00:34:38,827
These are the things
that are crossed out.
778
00:34:38,828 --> 00:34:41,121
"But the here and now
are beyond me.
779
00:34:41,122 --> 00:34:44,291
And all reality is truth.
And truth is immutable.
780
00:34:44,292 --> 00:34:46,543
I use it to attain my own will.
781
00:34:46,544 --> 00:34:48,795
I use it to attain my own ends."
782
00:34:48,796 --> 00:34:50,922
So the things
that he crosses out
783
00:34:50,923 --> 00:34:53,050
lead people to believe
that there's some sort of
784
00:34:53,051 --> 00:34:55,344
hidden message
in the suicide note.
785
00:34:55,345 --> 00:34:57,679
People start taking
random ciphers from, like,
786
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,390
a WikiLeaks tweet that was done
on the same day that John died,
787
00:35:00,391 --> 00:35:03,101
think that there's
some sort of hidden message
788
00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:05,187
to the suicide note.
789
00:35:05,188 --> 00:35:07,022
And online sleuths
keep uncovering
790
00:35:07,023 --> 00:35:10,525
more and more information
to help resolve the case.
791
00:35:10,526 --> 00:35:12,694
They parse through
the physical evidence
792
00:35:12,695 --> 00:35:15,197
and can't believe
what they find.
793
00:35:15,198 --> 00:35:18,116
We don't have
any crime-scene photos.
794
00:35:18,117 --> 00:35:21,745
We have the word of
basically one person in Spain
795
00:35:21,746 --> 00:35:24,332
telling us
what they want us to hear.
796
00:35:32,715 --> 00:35:34,925
No one will ever know
what was going through
797
00:35:34,926 --> 00:35:38,220
John McAfee's head
in the final days of his life,
798
00:35:38,221 --> 00:35:40,055
but forensic science can often
799
00:35:40,056 --> 00:35:43,058
definitively explain
how someone died.
800
00:35:43,059 --> 00:35:46,395
So when online investigators
turn to Spanish authorities
801
00:35:46,396 --> 00:35:48,688
for answers about
his cause of death,
802
00:35:48,689 --> 00:35:52,234
they are shocked
at what they find.
803
00:35:52,235 --> 00:35:55,237
When we're missing key pieces
of evidence in a case,
804
00:35:55,238 --> 00:35:57,114
we have to think
outside the box a little bit.
805
00:35:57,115 --> 00:35:59,616
If we can examine
the statements made
806
00:35:59,617 --> 00:36:03,703
by those who maybe worked
in the prison where John died,
807
00:36:03,704 --> 00:36:05,914
those who worked
at the medical examiner
808
00:36:05,915 --> 00:36:07,499
where he was autopsied...
809
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:09,209
If we can look
at all of their statements
810
00:36:09,210 --> 00:36:11,128
and see what matches up
and what's consistent,
811
00:36:11,129 --> 00:36:14,923
that may help us
nail down some of the facts.
812
00:36:14,924 --> 00:36:18,427
Key pieces of evidence
are not publicly available.
813
00:36:18,428 --> 00:36:21,930
We don't have the hard facts
surrounding his death.
814
00:36:21,931 --> 00:36:23,682
We don't have an autopsy report.
815
00:36:23,683 --> 00:36:26,351
We don't have
any crime-scene photos.
816
00:36:26,352 --> 00:36:30,021
We have the word of
basically one person in Spain
817
00:36:30,022 --> 00:36:32,232
telling us
what they want us to hear.
818
00:36:32,233 --> 00:36:34,693
And that may be the truth,
but we don't know.
819
00:36:34,694 --> 00:36:36,903
The Spanish government
has refused
820
00:36:36,904 --> 00:36:40,782
to release McAfee's body
or an autopsy report.
821
00:36:40,783 --> 00:36:42,701
John's family has a lawsuit
822
00:36:42,702 --> 00:36:44,744
filed against
the Spanish authorities
823
00:36:44,745 --> 00:36:47,038
because they won't release
his body
824
00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:49,332
or the autopsy report to them.
825
00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:52,878
The courts in Spain sided
with the Spanish authorities
826
00:36:52,879 --> 00:36:55,130
and agreed that the authorities
827
00:36:55,131 --> 00:36:57,674
did not need to release
the autopsy report
828
00:36:57,675 --> 00:36:59,634
or John's body to his family.
829
00:36:59,635 --> 00:37:03,013
After that ruling,
John's family filed an appeal,
830
00:37:03,014 --> 00:37:05,640
and currently that appeal
is ongoing in the court system
831
00:37:05,641 --> 00:37:07,309
and has not been settled yet.
832
00:37:07,310 --> 00:37:09,186
With so little
physical evidence,
833
00:37:09,187 --> 00:37:13,064
another wild theory begins
to gain traction online.
834
00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:16,318
Did John McAfee
pull the ultimate great escape
835
00:37:16,319 --> 00:37:18,361
and fake his own death?
836
00:37:18,362 --> 00:37:21,156
John McAfee
did not kill himself.
837
00:37:21,157 --> 00:37:24,326
He may have been murdered,
but since when is there no body?
838
00:37:24,327 --> 00:37:27,537
I mean, what are we talking
about? Osama bin Laden here?
839
00:37:27,538 --> 00:37:29,789
It is very rare
that there's no body.
840
00:37:29,790 --> 00:37:31,833
It's very rare
there's no funeral,
841
00:37:31,834 --> 00:37:35,337
there's no...
There's no certificates.
842
00:37:35,338 --> 00:37:37,422
There's nothing...
Nothing has come about it.
843
00:37:37,423 --> 00:37:39,841
You would have someone
come forward and say,
844
00:37:39,842 --> 00:37:43,178
"Yeah, we cremated him
in this certain prison.
845
00:37:43,179 --> 00:37:45,847
We cremated him.
I saw his body."
846
00:37:45,848 --> 00:37:48,099
Nobody's saying that.
There's nobody.
847
00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:50,519
It's a seemingly
implausible idea
848
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:54,856
that goes viral in online forums
and social-media posts
849
00:37:54,857 --> 00:37:57,067
when McAfee's Belizean
ex-girlfriend
850
00:37:57,068 --> 00:37:59,986
is featured
in a Netflix documentary.
851
00:37:59,987 --> 00:38:04,866
She claims he called her in the
days after his alleged suicide.
852
00:38:04,867 --> 00:38:07,536
I'm not saying
John McAfee is alive,
853
00:38:07,537 --> 00:38:11,414
but I definitely think
it's very strange
854
00:38:11,415 --> 00:38:14,543
that this girl just goes,
"Oh, yeah, by the way,
855
00:38:14,544 --> 00:38:16,044
John McAfee called me."
856
00:38:16,045 --> 00:38:17,754
Because he always
was calling her.
857
00:38:17,755 --> 00:38:19,923
It could be a flat-out lie.
858
00:38:19,924 --> 00:38:23,843
But why? Why say that?
859
00:38:23,844 --> 00:38:30,267
And it is something that
John could not resist but to do,
860
00:38:30,268 --> 00:38:34,145
because he would expect her
to say that on camera
861
00:38:34,146 --> 00:38:37,857
for everybody to realize
that he was still alive.
862
00:38:37,858 --> 00:38:41,236
But when Internet sleuths
begin digging into the facts,
863
00:38:41,237 --> 00:38:45,323
they question how someone could
pull off a stunt so complex.
864
00:38:45,324 --> 00:38:49,035
The first thing that John
would have to figure out
865
00:38:49,036 --> 00:38:53,832
is who can help him with
this plan that he can trust.
866
00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:55,750
It's going to rely on him
867
00:38:55,751 --> 00:38:57,919
finding at least one
correctional officer,
868
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,589
at a minimum,
that he could bribe
869
00:39:00,590 --> 00:39:05,927
and who would keep this a secret
and help John escape the jail.
870
00:39:05,928 --> 00:39:09,264
Upon getting out of the jail,
he needs a change of clothes.
871
00:39:09,265 --> 00:39:12,267
He needs somebody to pick him up
and get him away from the jail
872
00:39:12,268 --> 00:39:14,394
before it's discovered
that he's missing.
873
00:39:14,395 --> 00:39:16,104
Going back to the jail scenario,
874
00:39:16,105 --> 00:39:19,816
there was a body hanging dead
in John's cell.
875
00:39:19,817 --> 00:39:22,027
Someone's got to be
in on that plan
876
00:39:22,028 --> 00:39:25,530
to make it look like
a suicide hanging.
877
00:39:25,531 --> 00:39:28,617
John would need people inside
the medical examiner's office
878
00:39:28,618 --> 00:39:33,830
to state that whatever body they
autopsied was actually his body.
879
00:39:33,831 --> 00:39:35,081
So then he's got to figure out,
880
00:39:35,082 --> 00:39:37,125
"How do I get out
of this country?
881
00:39:37,126 --> 00:39:38,668
Is it gonna be by air?"
882
00:39:38,669 --> 00:39:41,963
If so, well,
he probably needs a passport.
883
00:39:41,964 --> 00:39:43,548
In theory, with his money,
884
00:39:43,549 --> 00:39:46,926
maybe he can keep just traveling
from place to place.
885
00:39:46,927 --> 00:39:49,888
But the money is another aspect.
He's dead.
886
00:39:49,889 --> 00:39:51,598
So in theory,
887
00:39:51,599 --> 00:39:54,851
nobody should be accessing
his accounts from overseas.
888
00:39:54,852 --> 00:39:57,771
And I honestly think
the biggest threat of all
889
00:39:57,772 --> 00:40:00,857
would be keeping
all of the people
890
00:40:00,858 --> 00:40:03,485
who were involved in this plan
silent about it.
891
00:40:03,486 --> 00:40:05,695
I find it near impossible
892
00:40:05,696 --> 00:40:07,405
to believe
that out of those six people,
893
00:40:07,406 --> 00:40:09,991
none of them
would leak something.
894
00:40:09,992 --> 00:40:13,495
The idea that McAfee somehow
made one last great escape
895
00:40:13,496 --> 00:40:15,872
may have little evidence
to support it,
896
00:40:15,873 --> 00:40:19,709
but it's an appealing thought
for his many followers online.
897
00:40:19,710 --> 00:40:24,255
??
898
00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:27,175
There's just people
who don't want to accept
899
00:40:27,176 --> 00:40:28,635
that he took his own life.
900
00:40:28,636 --> 00:40:30,261
It's like a game,
901
00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:33,515
and there were people
that got caught up in it,
902
00:40:33,516 --> 00:40:35,643
and it was dangerous.
903
00:40:42,608 --> 00:40:44,317
A prediction of his own death,
904
00:40:44,318 --> 00:40:45,902
a suspicious suicide note,
the possibility John McAfee
905
00:40:45,903 --> 00:40:49,030
could have fought his legal case
for years.
906
00:40:49,031 --> 00:40:51,241
For many doubters
of the official story,
907
00:40:51,242 --> 00:40:53,743
the facts all point
in one direction...
908
00:40:53,744 --> 00:40:58,456
Like Epstein before him,
McAfee didn't kill himself.
909
00:40:58,457 --> 00:41:01,376
But when Internet investigators
begin digging deeper
910
00:41:01,377 --> 00:41:04,629
into his final months,
they uncover evidence of a man
911
00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:08,216
who appears ready
to end his life.
912
00:41:08,217 --> 00:41:12,262
When John first got locked up,
he was on, he was defiant.
913
00:41:12,263 --> 00:41:15,098
But as I analyzed his tweets,
as the months went on,
914
00:41:15,099 --> 00:41:17,726
he got more and more
915
00:41:17,727 --> 00:41:21,146
sort of depressive,
like he was losing hope.
916
00:41:21,147 --> 00:41:24,357
He doesn't speak the language.
He has nobody to talk to.
917
00:41:24,358 --> 00:41:27,902
He's feeling very melancholy.
He has no human contact.
918
00:41:27,903 --> 00:41:31,072
He constantly had
this entourage around him.
919
00:41:31,073 --> 00:41:33,742
This is a man
who needed social interaction.
920
00:41:33,743 --> 00:41:36,536
Another key piece of evidence
that conspiracy theorists
921
00:41:36,537 --> 00:41:38,580
conveniently overlook is,
922
00:41:38,581 --> 00:41:40,540
according to
Spanish authorities,
923
00:41:40,541 --> 00:41:42,542
John McAfee tried
to commit suicide
924
00:41:42,543 --> 00:41:44,419
about four months
before he died.
925
00:41:44,420 --> 00:41:47,672
This was a few days
before he killed himself,
926
00:41:47,673 --> 00:41:50,383
on June 10th.
927
00:41:50,384 --> 00:41:55,346
"There is much sorrow in prison
disguised as hostility.
928
00:41:55,347 --> 00:41:57,223
The sorrow is plainly visible,
929
00:41:57,224 --> 00:42:00,059
even in the most angry of faces.
930
00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:02,479
And my remaining assets
are all seized,
931
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,899
my friends evaporated
through the fear of association.
932
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:09,611
I have nothing.
But I regret nothing."
933
00:42:09,612 --> 00:42:12,238
And I feel like
that's like a suicide note.
934
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,657
But the facts surrounding
his death haven't stopped
935
00:42:14,658 --> 00:42:16,576
John McAfee's myth
from living on
936
00:42:16,577 --> 00:42:19,329
for those who worshiped him.
937
00:42:19,330 --> 00:42:22,207
There's just people
who don't want to accept
938
00:42:22,208 --> 00:42:26,044
that he took his own life
and that he's dead.
939
00:42:26,045 --> 00:42:29,547
And so any little tidbit
they can find
940
00:42:29,548 --> 00:42:32,926
that they feel
supports the opposite,
941
00:42:32,927 --> 00:42:34,803
meaning that he's still alive
942
00:42:34,804 --> 00:42:38,306
and/or that he didn't
actually commit suicide,
943
00:42:38,307 --> 00:42:40,809
they just take hold of it
and won't let it go.
944
00:42:40,810 --> 00:42:42,685
There's a lot of
fragile male ego
945
00:42:42,686 --> 00:42:45,897
out there in the crypto-sphere.
946
00:42:45,898 --> 00:42:48,399
These guys don't want to believe
947
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:53,154
that somebody they perceive
as, like, "the crypto king"
948
00:42:53,155 --> 00:42:55,031
could kill themselves.
949
00:42:55,032 --> 00:42:56,407
They don't want to see
950
00:42:56,408 --> 00:42:58,993
this person that they idolize
as weak.
951
00:42:58,994 --> 00:43:00,620
For some people
with a really intense
952
00:43:00,621 --> 00:43:02,622
distrust of the government,
953
00:43:02,623 --> 00:43:06,417
John McAfee is an understandable
cult hero.
954
00:43:06,418 --> 00:43:08,878
And so when he dies,
a lot of that hope,
955
00:43:08,879 --> 00:43:11,005
a lot of that optimism
dies, too.
956
00:43:11,006 --> 00:43:12,549
So for a lot of them,
957
00:43:12,550 --> 00:43:15,051
I think it's incumbent
for their philosophy
958
00:43:15,052 --> 00:43:19,389
that they find some other
explanation apart from suicide.
959
00:43:19,390 --> 00:43:21,391
But the truth
about McAfee's death
960
00:43:21,392 --> 00:43:23,643
may have a simple explanation.
961
00:43:23,644 --> 00:43:27,856
He was a showman with
one last trick up his sleeve.
962
00:43:27,857 --> 00:43:32,986
John McAfee was a guy
who loved to flout the rules.
963
00:43:32,987 --> 00:43:35,446
If he could shock you, well,
he did it all the better.
964
00:43:35,447 --> 00:43:38,032
A con loves to
get one over on people.
965
00:43:38,033 --> 00:43:41,077
Sometimes people will con
and fool people
966
00:43:41,078 --> 00:43:42,996
or create a wild goose chase
967
00:43:42,997 --> 00:43:46,374
just to make people feel stupid,
968
00:43:46,375 --> 00:43:49,335
just to have it dead-end,
just to be able to say,
969
00:43:49,336 --> 00:43:52,297
"Oh. You fell for that?
What's wrong with you?"
970
00:43:52,298 --> 00:43:54,132
It's like a game,
971
00:43:54,133 --> 00:43:57,218
and there were people
that got caught up in it,
972
00:43:57,219 --> 00:43:59,597
and it was dangerous.
973
00:43:59,647 --> 00:44:04,197
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