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Longer version of this story here (2016): https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind -- fascinating story and these

by iamben 8y ago

Longer version of this story here (2016): https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind -- fascinating story and these articles captivated me. Have had them bookmarked for ages :-)

LeonM 8y ago
I came here to post just that. The atavist article is fascinating. I recently re-read it, it's so good.
ekianjo 8y ago
Not just longer, "better" version for sure.
- moomin 8y ago
  Yeah, the Wired article is a promo for a book that is an extended version of the atavist piece. Read the atavist piece.
NKosmatos 8y ago
That would make a great movie!!!
ablation 8y ago
Yep, this is a fantastic read. Came here to post it too!
jamisteven 8y ago
Incredible read indeed, someone needs to make a movie about this.
- acdanger 8y ago
  apparently, there is one in the works https://deadline.com/2018/04/paul-le-roux-michael-mann-book-film-deal-elaine-shannon-criminal-mastermind-1202362318/ https://deadline.com/2018/04/paul-le-roux-michael-mann-book-...
- chmod775 8y ago
  So the inevitable factual errors in that movie will become mainstream opinion until the truth falls into obscurity? Happens every time Hollywood makes a movie about any topic that would be better served by a documentary. It's never not infuriating.
  - TeMPOraL 8y ago
    > Happens every time Hollywood makes a movie about any topic that would be better served by a documentary. It's never not infuriating. As if documentaries were accurate. I wish there was a genre of movies that take it as core principle to not abuse artistic license in service of making the plot flow.
dang 8y ago
Quite a few HN threads on that article series when it came out: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=atavist.com%20points%3E30%20mastermind&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=atavist.com%20points%3E30%20ma...
madmax108 8y ago
Literally came here to post this link. Such a good set of articles that was. Would highly recommend people read the longform story!
jordinl 8y ago
I'm reading through these. And I'm wondering, the two assassins that killed the real estate agents in the Philippines, how come they were judged in US and not in the Philippines?
- tannhauser23 8y ago
  It's a U.S. federal crime to conspire to kill a person in a foreign country. I guess they could have been extradited but since they were facing life (and in the federal system there's no parole), the Philippines didn't insist on trying the hitmen themselves. Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/632661/download https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/632661/download Relevant statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/956 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/956

by iamben 8y ago

LeonM 8y ago

I came here to post just that. The atavist article is fascinating. I recently re-read it, it's so good.

ekianjo 8y ago

Not just longer, "better" version for sure.

moomin 8y ago
Yeah, the Wired article is a promo for a book that is an extended version of the atavist piece. Read the atavist piece.

NKosmatos 8y ago

That would make a great movie!!!

ablation 8y ago

Yep, this is a fantastic read. Came here to post it too!

jamisteven 8y ago

Incredible read indeed, someone needs to make a movie about this.

acdanger 8y ago
apparently, there is one in the works https://deadline.com/2018/04/paul-le-roux-michael-mann-book-film-deal-elaine-shannon-criminal-mastermind-1202362318/ https://deadline.com/2018/04/paul-le-roux-michael-mann-book-...
chmod775 8y ago
So the inevitable factual errors in that movie will become mainstream opinion until the truth falls into obscurity? Happens every time Hollywood makes a movie about any topic that would be better served by a documentary. It's never not infuriating.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  > Happens every time Hollywood makes a movie about any topic that would be better served by a documentary. It's never not infuriating. As if documentaries were accurate. I wish there was a genre of movies that take it as core principle to not abuse artistic license in service of making the plot flow.

dang 8y ago

Quite a few HN threads on that article series when it came out: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=atavist.com%20points%3E30%20mastermind&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=atavist.com%20points%3E30%20ma...

madmax108 8y ago

Literally came here to post this link. Such a good set of articles that was. Would highly recommend people read the longform story!

jordinl 8y ago

I'm reading through these. And I'm wondering, the two assassins that killed the real estate agents in the Philippines, how come they were judged in US and not in the Philippines?

tannhauser23 8y ago
It's a U.S. federal crime to conspire to kill a person in a foreign country. I guess they could have been extradited but since they were facing life (and in the federal system there's no parole), the Philippines didn't insist on trying the hitmen themselves. Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/632661/download https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/632661/download Relevant statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/956 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/956