Read FBI background report on Apple CEO Steve Jobs

By: Greg Sandoval
Topics: Mac

(Credit: Apple)

(CNET) - Turns out that the FBI did a background check on Steve Jobs in 1991, when he was considered for an appointment on George H. W. Bush's President's Export Council.

According to the report, there were concerns about Jobs' past drug use and his lack of support for his eldest child, who was born out of wed lock. Jobs died in October after a long fight with pancreatic cancer.

You can read the report here. We've pulled some screen shots from the report and they're below.

Reading through the early pages, we know that Jobs wasn't a communist or wasn't connected to any group that wanted to overthrow the government. They really asked him that. According to the Council's Web site, the group is the "principal national advisory committee on international trade."

Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News. Based in New York, Sandoval is a former reporter for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.
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by imnho February 10, 2012 7:23 PM EST: Usually person being investigated is not perfect. The big questions are can the individual keep a secret and will the person keep a secret? The government has come up with 13 criteria to determine this. The criteria includes both aggravating and mitigating circumstances; Reply to this comment


by Scimajor February 10, 2012 2:22 PM EST: I find it odd that the F.B.I. would turn security status into a popularity contents. I can see why they'd care about drug use but who cares about whether your neighbor likes you?; Reply to this comment


by DocD--2008 February 9, 2012 3:56 PM EST: "honesty and integrity are not required qualifications to hold such a position..."

That IS the entire problem with Congress and why their approval rating is the lowest in history, because they have no honesty or integrity, and the people know it. It's not limited to them either but all elected positions. Especially Boehner and McConnell, they both deserve a firing squad, nothing more.; Reply to this comment


by bobnjersey February 9, 2012 1:09 PM EST: [several individuals questioned mr. jobs' honesty stating that mr. jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals.]
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how many profiles do the fbi have that don't have this issue ... including those running, overseeing, and participating in the fbi?; Reply to this comment

by stupa5 February 9, 2012 12:20 PM EST

Let's see the FBI report on GWB past achoholism & use of cocaine & the effect on running the highest office in the land...
if The FBI releases the background report on Jobs..why not everybody?

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by Filmguy870 February 9, 2012 1:06 PM EST: mabrowne: Relax!!!...step away from the Preparation H...put your tinfoil hat back on...it's gonna be alright.