



There is a situation here that includes stories about Belize, stories about its government – real stories and real people doing terrible things, all of which seemingly corroborate McAfee’s continued tale. McAfee’s story has taken on more form over time, yet it hasn’t ever really changed and reflecting on this collective information what I found most compelling going into this was the amount of information from the story that were easily verified. McAfee has stumbled onto a layered story of government corruption, of criminal gangs gone wild, of murder for hire, of the illegal selling of passports and a complex history of public opinions. He has shared bits of what has happened through news stories here and there, but sifting through all the ‘millionaire gone mad’ angles that have emerged, the essence is easily lost. This Op/Ed is based on my first hand interviews with McAfee. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and this story is about as strange as it could be. For all the computer virus infections that John McAfee’s software may have prevented over the years, there has been one situation the man himself was unable to escape unscathed.
