John McAfee talks to USA TODAY in his first extensive interview since he fled Belize to return home to the U.S.
PORTLAND, Ore. — John McAfee slides out suddenly from behind a glass door.
It’s a sun-splashed morning in the eclectic neighborhood where he now lives, and the former software mogul-turned-international fugitive needs a caffeine fix. Now.
“I have some stories and things to tell you, sir,” he says, rapping his right hand against a coffee table while nervously shifting his feet. “Do you have time for the truth?”
In his first extensive interview since he returned to U.S. soil in December, an animated McAfee agreed to meet a USA TODAY reporter at a nondescript apartment building in southeast Portland last week. For four hours, he explained his innocence, engaged in self-deprecation and eviscerated the news media for what he called exploitation.
“People ask me how did it feel to kill a man, and I can honestly tell them I wouldn’t know because I never have,” he says, gazing through piercing green eyes. McAfee is wearing a black hoodie, jeans and flip flops.
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May 25, 2013 at 4:14 pm
Cool dog! I noticed that in most, if not all , of your photos John you are not smiling. Aha! you needed a pooch to make you happy!
May 15, 2013 at 1:44 pm
Hey John, any thoughts to share on the destruction of the Noh Mul pyramid?
May 13, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Hey everyone it’s me hope you all are well lots of blessings to all I have been staying in Guatemala with my grandparents .it has been a rough ride for me sometimes I feel sad alone and forgettable but with grace and hope that some day will be with John is they only hope of getting up in the morning and be thankful for another day I see ,I was rejected a us visa but its all right but am okay thanks to god and John still helps me so as I write this short writing to all readers I ask you all to pray for John and I we need it but him most so my best wishes god de out to everyone and the best of luck be safe and god bless muuuaaaah
May 14, 2013 at 9:40 am
Sorry to hear about the visa, another day may bring another way. Hope you’re getting plenty of TLC from your family. Many of us are thinking of you and wish you the best.
Take care Sam.
May 14, 2013 at 11:18 am
Hi Sam!
Thanks for the update, although I hope telling us you are with your family has not put you or them in any danger.
I am very bummed about your visa, but won’t give up hope for you and John. One thing I’ve learned in the last 6 months is that where JM is concerned, we never know what will happen next.
Take care Sam, hope to see you in America soon.
May 17, 2013 at 1:08 am
Keep strong, Sam!
May 12, 2013 at 5:24 pm
LOL
May 12, 2013 at 2:42 pm
Where is Sam ?