On: John McAfee arrested in Guatemala

[shardling]

Ok, it was really annoying to track down the source of the bath salt thing -- amazing how some journalists never link back to the original source.

But here's the gizmodo piece that mentions it: http://gizmodo.com/5959812/john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder

[eli → shardling]

The original source there isn't Gizmodo; it's McAfee's own posts on the Bluelight drug forum. He has admitted these are his posts, though he now says it was a hoax: http://www.whoismcafee.com/stuffmonger-and-bluelight/

[tptacek → eli]

He also said the Exif data was a hoax. And that he was somewhere in Mexico. He says a lot of stuff. What does Occam suggest here?

[Samuel_Michon → tptacek]

Something something about shaving...

[shardling → eli]

The story is that he made the posts -- the first news source for that seems to be Gizmodo. (And they provide enough supporting evidence to make it clear it's not pure speculation.)