"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.
Re:The FBI's files on Steve Jobs
by daniel-cussen on Thursday February 09, 2012 @03:55PM
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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.
I don't think the file is making a value judgment. It's merely summarizing the Agent's interview with Jobs' reference.
Unfitness? Pretty sure it's what qualified him for the appointment.
in that case, my mistake
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
Re:The FBI's files on Steve Jobs
by specialk16 on Thursday February 09, 2012 @03:20PM
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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...
"[Jobs] would have made an excellent King of France." --Jef Raskin [1]
Betting it's him.
Louis XIV or XVI :-) Would that make Larry elision cardinal richelieu then
That is my favorite quote so far, along with the section that says Mr. Jobs "couldn't see the SA for one hour" for the next three weeks.
Re:The FBI's files on Steve Jobs
by feralchimp on Thursday February 09, 2012 @11:20AM
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I would pay money to have all these quotes attributed. Who went to college with Jobs?
If you read the bio, there's one pretty obvious guess for this one.
"<Blank> concluded the interview by stating that even though he does not consider Mr. Jobs to be a friend, he (Mr. Jobs) possesses the qualities to assume a high level political position. It was <blank>'s opinion that honesty and integrity are not required qualities to hold such a position."