High School Stoner Says He Hacked the Email of CIA Boss John Brennan

Hmmmm.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's email scandal didn’t stop the head of the CIA from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, according to a high school student who claims to have hacked into them.

CIA Director John Brennan’s private account held sensitive files -- including his 47-page application for top-secret security clearance -- until he recently learned that it had been infiltrated, the hacker told The Post.

Other emails stored in Brennan’s non-government account contained the Social Security numbers and personal information of more than a dozen top American intelligence officials, as well as a government letter about the use of "harsh interrogation techniques" on terrorism suspects, according to the hacker.

Apparently Brennan deleted his AOL account on Friday. The Post's sources in the CIA seem to confirm this is real, and not just the boast of a high school braggart. They say the hackers used "social engineering" -- lying -- to get Verizon to reset his AOL password account.

AOL account? Really?

Unrelated: Bobby Jindal Is Talking to the Des Moines Register Editorial Staff Live, Right Now: If you're interested in seeing Jindal field questions from a hostile panel.

Update: When a journalist asks Jindal how opposition to gay marriage is different from opposition to interracial marriage, Jindal points out Obama and Hillary had this position a couple of years ago, and "I don't remember anyone asking them if their position made them a racist." The journalist immediately changed topic to another argument, cutting Jindal off from following up on that thought.

posted by Ace at 04:02 PM

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