Antivirus mogul John McAfee makes his bid to run for president official

[think]

Source: ARS Technica

Security firm founder will be “founding a new party yet to be announced.”

On Tuesday, John McAfee, best known for founding the eponymous software firm McAfee Security (to which is he no longer affiliated), filed paperwork (PDF) with the Federal Election Commission announcing his intent to run for the office of President of the United States.

In an interview with Wired which was posted earlier today, McAfee said that he was “still in a quandary about whether to run myself or find someone else for my party.”
“My advisors are pressing me to run,” the self-described “eccentric millionaire” told the magazine.

It seems as though the unnamed advisors won out by the end of the day.

In his filing, McAfee stated “I am founding a new party yet to be announced.” Ars contacted McAfee for clarification, who directed us to send questions to his campaign manager, Drew Thompson. “I believe you will get little information until our platform is fully outlined,” McAfee told us. Thompson has not yet responded to Ars' request for comment.

Read more: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/antivirus-mogul-john-mcafee-makes-his-bid-to-run-for-president-official/

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If things weren't bizarre enough already they are now.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. I thought he already was running...

from the law. Wasn't he wanted for a murder or somesuch?

[think]

4. This story states he was not a suspect but wanted for questioning in regards to a murdered neighbor

when he was living in Belize. The whole thing was very sketchy from what I remember.

Just three years ago, McAfee was arrested in Guatemala for allegedly “entering the country illegally” after authorities in Belize wanted to question him in their investigation of a murder case. (The police in Belize told reporters that McAfee was not a suspect.) McAfee then showed up months later in Portland, OR, where he said he was working on a graphic novel with a local artist.

[magical thyme]

2. er, didn't he murder somebody in S. America?

Oh, a suspect but insufficient evidence. And he thought the murdered neighbor poisoned his dogs.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/15/john-mcafee-comes-out-swinging-for-net-neutrality-while-blasting-att-and-verizon/

Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee is wanted by authorities in Belize only for questioning on how his neighbor ended up dead with a 9mm round to the back of his head in 2012. But not for murder.

“We’d like him to come back here and answer questions about Gregory Faull, but no, we don’t have enough to arrest him,” a special branch officer with the National Police in Belize told me during a brief interview recently in that Central American country. A second National Police officer in the town of Hopkins told me the same thing.

In other words, there is no arrest warrant for McAfee, who now lives in Portland, Oregon after bailing Belize in a hurry in 2012 after authorities sought to question him in the shooting death of Faull, a former neighbor of his who McAfee suspected of poisoning his dogs. Faull was later found gunned down, and McAfee quickly emerged as a suspect.

[groundloop]

3. Yep, last I knew he was wanted for questioning in Belize.

From an article I found online, he was wanted for questioning in the murder of his neighbor who he suspected of poisoning his dogs. Then he apparently fled to Guatemala wearing a disguise, was captured, faked a heart attack, then finally deported to the US. (Where he now believes he's destined to run the country). A truly bizarre individual (think Uncle Duke in Doonesbury).

[orange you glad]

6. I think Trump has his running mate!

[davidpdx]

17. Could be

Welcome to DU!

[nichomachus]

9. I guess that means he'll be running as a Republican nt

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

18. He says he's starting a new party "Drug Lovers".

[Ford_Prefect]

5. One more Flake in the storm...

Just when you thought it couldn't get any stranger.

[7wo7rees]

7. Just perfect. What else can anyone say? nr

[oldandhappy]

8. oh my. This is more interesting than I had expected!

[MADem]

10. Who's next? Ronald McDonald? nt

[cosmicone]

11. McAfee antivirus sucks

It occupies too much disk space, consumes too much processor time and costs way more money.

AVG and Kaspersky rule

[PSPS]

12. Time to bolt on a sidecar.

[Bonhomme Richard]

13. I am afraid if he won we would never get rid of him...

just like his software dell put on my computer.

[tclambert]

14. Uh-oh. If anybody knows who can hack voting machines, it's this guy.

Not that anyone would ever hack voting machines to steal elections . . .

[Judi Lynn]

15. Oh, there's a great idea! President John McAfee.

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[flamingdem]

19. Lol, great photos

He must be running because he's out of cash for his stash.

[tooeyeten]

16. Antivirus McAfee?

Oxymoron.