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"He characterized Mr Jobs as a deceptive individual who is not completely forthright and honest. He stated that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals."

Yep. Looks like he's the man for the position.

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"...distort reality..."

A lot of people said that about him: it was his famous reality distortion field.

It's funny to see the famed reality distortion field, so often mentioned in terms of admiration of salesmanship and persuasiveness, with so many entrepreneurs attempting to emulate it, appear in an actual FBI file as some sort of evidence of potential criminality or unfitness for public service.

Unfitness? Pretty sure it's what qualified him for the appointment.

in that case, my mistake

I don't think the file is making a value judgment. It's merely summarizing the Agent's interview with Jobs' reference.

Apple would've gone bankrupt if Jobs took the position.

Instead this happened.

Apple now worth more than Google and Microsoft combined http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3572487

Wow, so relevant.... /s

I guess nothing's more relevant than the FBI files on Steve Jobs ;)

Who knows, man. He could have solved world peace, cured aids and cancer, gone back in time and killed Hitler. Instead, this happened. I guess we'll never know...

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