Steve Jobs was the alleged culprit behind an oddball bomb threat to blow up Apple, the company he co-founded — at the same time its board was meeting to ax him! That was the ominous suspicion of the FBI — according to a nearly 200-page file compiled by the agency as part of its investigation into the tech superstar and exclusively obtained by The National ENQUIRER. The blockbuster revelation comes nearly seven years after Jobs’ untimely death at age 56 from pancreatic cancer. Read on for details about the Jobs probe, and click here for news of FBI investigations….
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The FBI uncovered the bizarre bomb threat while checking Jobs’ background for an appointment to the president’s Export Council under former commander-in-chief
George H.W. Bush, according to the file.
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Jobs and Steve Wozniak (right) co-founded Apple in April 1976 — helping launch the personal computing revolution. The incident occurred on Feb. 7, 1985 — the same day Apple’s then-CEO John Sculley proposed a plan to the company’s board of directors to oust the 29-year-old visionary.
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As Sculley recalled, he and Jobs had clashed over pricing for the fledgling Macintosh computer. “The board said: ‘Steve, we want you to step down from running the Macintosh division. You’re being disruptive in the organization,’ ” according to Sculley.
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As noted in the FBI file, on that same day, “An unidentified male caller made a series of telephone calls.” The caller “advised that ‘devices’ had been placed in homes of captioned individuals [names redacted].
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"Caller also stated a fourth bomb had been placed and stated this one would go off if authorities [were] notified.” The file suggests the fourth bomb was placed in Apple’s headquarters.
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The company quickly alerted the feds, and authorities began sweeping Apple’s complex (shown in an undated photo) in an exhaustive, hours-long effort to find and defuse the bombs! At one point during the frightening episode, the would-be attacker called back.
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The caller said he’d hidden instructions to disarm the bombs at a Hilton Hotel in San Francisco. The FBI quickly raided the hotel — but found no note. They also never found any bombs at Apple’s headquarters.
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Months later, Jobs was out of Apple, and although federal authorities never definitively identified the wingnut behind the threat, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Francisco office suspected the computer genius was to blame.
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In a memo to then-FBI Director William H. Webster, dated Aug. 9, 1985, and carrying the subject heading, “Apple Bomb Threat,” the SAC lists three suspects. Two names are redacted, the third is Jobs. The victim is listed as “Apple Computer.”
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Six years later, the FBI learned just how reviled Jobs was at Apple while conducting a background check for his White House appointment. “Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs’ honesty, stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals,” wrote the author of the FBI documents.
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In fact, dozens of people spoke ill of their former leader, while only two had nice things to say! “His enormous power caused him to lose sight of honesty and integrity,” one woman told the FBI before adding she was “reluctant to discuss” her ex-boss for fear he would retaliate!
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“[It] caused him to distort the truth to get his way,” according to the federal file. During the FBI background check, officials also questioned Jobs’ frequent visits to the Soviet Union and his devotion to Eastern religion and mysticism.
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Despite all the negative comments, Jobs eventually won the White House appointment — and returned to his iconic company in 1997, leading it to even more dizzying heights that now position Apple as the most valuable publicly traded company in the world!
The FBI uncovered the bizarre bomb threat while checking Jobs’ background for an appointment to the president’s Export Council under former commander-in-chief
George H.W. Bush, according to the file.
Jobs and Steve Wozniak (right) co-founded Apple in April 1976 — helping launch the personal computing revolution. The incident occurred on Feb. 7, 1985 — the same day Apple’s then-CEO John Sculley proposed a plan to the company’s board of directors to oust the 29-year-old visionary.
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As Sculley recalled, he and Jobs had clashed over pricing for the fledgling Macintosh computer. “The board said: ‘Steve, we want you to step down from running the Macintosh division. You’re being disruptive in the organization,’ ” according to Sculley.
As noted in the FBI file, on that same day, “An unidentified male caller made a series of telephone calls.” The caller “advised that ‘devices’ had been placed in homes of captioned individuals [names redacted].
"Caller also stated a fourth bomb had been placed and stated this one would go off if authorities [were] notified.” The file suggests the fourth bomb was placed in Apple’s headquarters.
The company quickly alerted the feds, and authorities began sweeping Apple’s complex (shown in an undated photo) in an exhaustive, hours-long effort to find and defuse the bombs! At one point during the frightening episode, the would-be attacker called back.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The caller said he’d hidden instructions to disarm the bombs at a Hilton Hotel in San Francisco. The FBI quickly raided the hotel — but found no note. They also never found any bombs at Apple’s headquarters.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Months later, Jobs was out of Apple, and although federal authorities never definitively identified the wingnut behind the threat, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Francisco office suspected the computer genius was to blame.
In a memo to then-FBI Director William H. Webster, dated Aug. 9, 1985, and carrying the subject heading, “Apple Bomb Threat,” the SAC lists three suspects. Two names are redacted, the third is Jobs. The victim is listed as “Apple Computer.”
Six years later, the FBI learned just how reviled Jobs was at Apple while conducting a background check for his White House appointment. “Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs’ honesty, stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals,” wrote the author of the FBI documents.
In fact, dozens of people spoke ill of their former leader, while only two had nice things to say! “His enormous power caused him to lose sight of honesty and integrity,” one woman told the FBI before adding she was “reluctant to discuss” her ex-boss for fear he would retaliate!
“[It] caused him to distort the truth to get his way,” according to the federal file. During the FBI background check, officials also questioned Jobs’ frequent visits to the Soviet Union and his devotion to Eastern religion and mysticism.
Despite all the negative comments, Jobs eventually won the White House appointment — and returned to his iconic company in 1997, leading it to even more dizzying heights that now position Apple as the most valuable publicly traded company in the world!
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