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I wouldn't take the claims of suicide at face value when McAfee has literally stated that if he dies of suicide it's probably a setup. https://twitter.com/offi

I wouldn't take the claims of suicide at face value when McAfee has literally stated that if he dies of suicide it's probably a setup. https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096 https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/131680121508322509... https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1200864283766251521 https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/120086428376625152...

6t6t6t6 5y ago
He died in a Catalan prison, not in US. Even if the US government had really any reason to kill him, sending an agent to prison in a foreign country to fake a suicide, when he was going to get extradited anyway, seems a bit hard to believe. The other explanation -that the policemen in the Catalan prison were useless enough to let him hang himself without them realizing- seems more plausible.
- csense 5y ago
  > sending an agent to prison in a foreign country to fake a suicide In the US, police culture generally doesn't allow taking bribes or letting sketchy figures with improper documentation into prison cells to administer extra-legal punishment. In the other countries, things might be a lot more relaxed -- I don't know about the police in this particular country, but I imagine there are a fair number of prisons around the world where the guards might let an assassin in and out, no questions asked, as long as the bribe is big enough, or even themselves have a little side hustle, providing the service of murdering prisoners who've made well-funded enemies. Also, presumably most US government assassins are part of the CIA, and aren't supposed to operate inside the US.
  - 6t6t6t6 5y ago
    1- You have watched lots of films. 2- You have probably never been outside of US. 3- No... You cannot bribe your way into a Spanish (or any other EU country) prison in order to kill someone.
    - a0-prw 5y ago
      Nr 3 ? Really, you sure? Romania ? Estonia ? ... Don't be so sure, bro XD
moritzwarhier 5y ago
Tbh, that sounds like something a person would say/tweet to make an eventual suicide look heroic and blame it on others. Someone who firmly believes that he is always treated unfairly whenever someone poses a threat to him or disagrees. I don't know much about the facts around McAffee's fate and this is admittedly pure speculation. But it fits in very well with a person whose ego apparently was through the roof.

6t6t6t6 5y ago

He died in a Catalan prison, not in US. Even if the US government had really any reason to kill him, sending an agent to prison in a foreign country to fake a suicide, when he was going to get extradited anyway, seems a bit hard to believe. The other explanation -that the policemen in the Catalan prison were useless enough to let him hang himself without them realizing- seems more plausible.

csense 5y ago
> sending an agent to prison in a foreign country to fake a suicide In the US, police culture generally doesn't allow taking bribes or letting sketchy figures with improper documentation into prison cells to administer extra-legal punishment. In the other countries, things might be a lot more relaxed -- I don't know about the police in this particular country, but I imagine there are a fair number of prisons around the world where the guards might let an assassin in and out, no questions asked, as long as the bribe is big enough, or even themselves have a little side hustle, providing the service of murdering prisoners who've made well-funded enemies. Also, presumably most US government assassins are part of the CIA, and aren't supposed to operate inside the US.
- 6t6t6t6 5y ago
  1- You have watched lots of films. 2- You have probably never been outside of US. 3- No... You cannot bribe your way into a Spanish (or any other EU country) prison in order to kill someone.
  - a0-prw 5y ago
    Nr 3 ? Really, you sure? Romania ? Estonia ? ... Don't be so sure, bro XD

moritzwarhier 5y ago

Tbh, that sounds like something a person would say/tweet to make an eventual suicide look heroic and blame it on others. Someone who firmly believes that he is always treated unfairly whenever someone poses a threat to him or disagrees. I don't know much about the facts around McAffee's fate and this is admittedly pure speculation. But it fits in very well with a person whose ego apparently was through the roof.