FBI Releases File on Apple’s Steve Jobs

(MarketWatch) - The FBI, noted for its dossiers on Martin Luther King, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and countless others, released its file on late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs Thursday.

The document is pretty benign, revealing only that he experimented with drugs during the early 1970s, and that the famously difficult Jobs wasn't always nice to everyone.

In 1991, Jobs was being considered for a post on President George H.W. Bush's Export Council, an appointment that would not have required Senate confirmation. The FBI was asked to do a background check, the file said. A large number of people who worked with Jobs at the time or knew him in some other capacity were asked to comment on his character and suitability for a political position.

"Several individuals commented concerning past drug use on the part of Mr. Jobs," the file said. Jobs was said to have" experimented with marijuana, hashish and LSD" during the 1970-1974 period, but was not believed to have used any illegal drugs in the five years prior to 1991.

"Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs' honesty," the file said, "stating that Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals."

One of the people interviewed in March 1991 who described himself as "bitter and somewhat alienated" after working for the Apple co-founder, said Jobs is "basically honest and trustworthy", but his "moral character is suspect." He added that Jobs also alienated many other Apple employees, but that he could succeed in "any political position."

Jobs died last October after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

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