If you were a computer software millionaire, on the run from police in Central America, where would you choose to bug out Stateside? John McAfee, the anti-virus mastermind, has picked Portland, Oregon, and he’s calling it home for the foreseeable future. A KATU reporter caught up with the fugitive at the downtown Stumptown location on 3rd and Oak.

McAfee, who founded the anti-virus software company that bears his name,ย made international news when police in Belize wanted to question himย in connection with a death at his neighborโ€™s home. Itโ€™s a move he claims was connected to a broader effort by the government there to quiet him.

Now heโ€™s landed in Portland. KATUโ€™s Emily Sinovic took a walk and sat down at Stumptown Coffee with McAfee on Monday morning to talk about whatโ€™s next for him. Below are excerpts from her interview:

Emily Sinovic: Do you think youโ€™re getting your message out there or do you think the media twists what you have to say?

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John McAfee: Oh the media has no clue. Last night I actually startedย putting photos upย of teams I used to collect information. Thatโ€™s the first time Iโ€™ve done that.

Sinovic: To collect information on what?

McAfee: On what was happening in Belize. Theย links between the Belize government and Hezbollah and the giving of false identifies of Hezbollah terrorists. Theyโ€™ve been doing that for years.

Like many of us who’ve moved to Portland, McAfee is writing a blog. In the latest entry of Who Is McAfee?, he talks about his legion of women who lived with him in Belize.ย We’re so not making this up:

I encouraged all of the girls to hang out together and become friends, where possible.ย  It was easier to keep tabs on someoneโ€™s actions if others were watching, or if a shared comaraderie encouraged the sharing of intimate secrets.ย  All the girls told me the other girlsโ€™ secrets.

Outrageous.

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