Internet Pioneer on the Run
BALDWIN: Internet security pioneer John McAfee is asking for asylum in Guatemala. McAfee is wanted for questioning about the murder of his neighbor in Belize, who was found shot in his head. McAfee was on the run and in hiding until he just surfaced in Guatemala. He promised to hold a news conference today, but the appointed hour came and that hour went. No McAfee. Martin Savidge has been covering the story in Belize. You just got back. You've met him. You have interviewed him. What happened to the news conference today? Where is he?</s>MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, we don't know. This is typical John McAfee style in that something gets said and for whatever reason, yet to be revealed, he didn't have the news conference. I have looked on one of his web sites, he has multiple, he said news conference tomorrow 2:00 to 4:00. That's not a guarantee. Something has happened and John McAfee will reveal all.</s>BALDWIN: Is he still in Guatemala?</s>SAVIDGE: You can't say that for certain. I would think probably so. Although when I met with him, he did indicate they were going to run. That was pretty clear. And he also said the journey would take about three days, which it did. Went probably on Saturday, resurfaces Monday. And then he said he would probably, wherever he went, stay only a few days and then disappear again so.</s>BALDWIN: This is the kind of guy even for you to come find him, he sent you on some bizarre circuitous route to even locate him, correct?</s>SAVIDGE: Right. It's was just out of like an old spy movie where the taxi rolls up and a man says, the password, which in this case was sorry I'm late. And I'm supposed to respond, that's OK, I'm waiting on a co-worker, although I nearly blew it because I was so caught off guard that I stammered out the wrong response. But I went in the cab and then he races through town, then drops me in a parking lot, jump in another vehicle, we roar off again. I mean, it was clearly designed to keep me out of the loop of where we were.</s>BALDWIN: You talked to him. CNN Espanol talked to him as well. Let's listen.</s>JOHN MCAFEE, INTERNET ANTIVIRUS PIONEER: No one has blamed me for the murder. I have not been charged. I am not a suspect. They merely want to question me about the murder. I am not concerned. I have not been charged with a crime. There is no basis for extradition.</s>BALDWIN: Explain that.</s>SAVIDGE: It also seems there is no basis for asylum. That's what he's seeking if the authorities don't want him, and they haven't formally charged him. There is no warrant for his arrest. There is no formal charge against him. In theory, he can go wherever he wants, but he makes it out like he's the number one criminal in all of Belize. He is not. Authorities said we would like him to come in and answer some questions. We are not out actively trying to pull this man in. John McAfee sees something else going and that is that somehow the government of Belize is targeting him for death.</s>BALDWIN: We shall see if he appears tomorrow. Martin Savidge, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Rebranding the Republican Party, analysts say it is a must for the survival of the GOP. Coming up next, two of the Republicans most prominent young voices delivering speeches that could signal their future strategy against the Democrats.