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Re:The FBI's files on Steve Jobs by daniel-cussen on Thursday February 09, 2012 @03:55PM (#3573027)
"...distort reality..."

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

Re:The FBI's files on Steve Jobs by charlieok on Thursday February 09, 2012 @06:34PM (#3573701)
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.
Re:The FBI's files on Steve Jobs by jrockway on Thursday February 09, 2012 @09:50PM (#3574263)
I don't think the file is making a value judgment. It's merely summarizing the Agent's interview with Jobs' reference.
Re:The FBI's files on Steve Jobs by hoop on Thursday February 09, 2012 @07:31PM (#3573914)
Unfitness? Pretty sure it's what qualified him for the appointment.
Re:The FBI's files on Steve Jobs by charlieok on Thursday February 09, 2012 @09:37PM (#3574219)
in that case, my mistake