Steve Jobs's FBI File Is Out

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Alexander Abad-Santos 5,840 Views Feb 9, 2012

The FBI's 1991 191-page file on Steve Jobs (yes he had one) is now available for public consumption. We haven't managed to plug away at the file yet, but from Gawker's brief take (they're looking at it too), the document mentions that Jobs had been considered for a "sensitive position" in George H. W. Bush's White House. As Business Insider reports, the FBI was looking at Jobs since he was being considered for the President's Export Council.

To see the full document, head on over to the FBI

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