Friday, February 10, 2012

Lead - Steve Jobs and the FBI

FBI gathered file on Apple's Steve Jobs

When I saw this headline and lead on ajc.com, I definitely had to have a look. Steve Jobs is famous for, of course, being CEO of Apple, creator of awesome stuff galore. The lead reads, "The FBI kept a file on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, according to documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal."
Why would the FBI be keeping a file on Steve Jobs?! Turns out, as I discovered in the next sentence, George W. Bush was considering Jobs for a seat on the President's Export Council. The FBI apparently had a 191 page report of Jobs' background information. The report information reveals that Jobs was brilliant, but didn't have the best social skills. Anonymous sources said Jobs was "profoundly talented, creative, and hardworking... but his management techniques were considered by many to be abusive."
Interesting, eh?

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