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The聽WikiLeaks聽organization聽posted聽material聽Wednesday聽from what聽appears聽to be CIA聽Director聽John聽Brennan's聽personal聽email聽account,聽including聽a draft聽security聽clearance聽application聽containing聽personal聽information.

The聽material聽presumably was taken in a compromise of聽Brennan's聽email聽account聽by a hacker who told The New York聽Post聽he is a high school student protesting American foreign policy. The hacker claimed he posed as a Verizon employee and tricked another employee into revealing聽Brennan's聽personal聽information.

Brennan聽was seeking a聽security聽clearance聽while applying for a job as White House counterterrorism adviser. It was not immediately clear whether any national聽security聽information聽was compromised in the release of the聽clearance聽application, which聽includes聽his wife's Social聽Security聽number and the names of people聽Brennanworked with over a long prior career at the聽CIA.

A聽CIA聽statement called the hack a "crime."

"The聽Brennan聽family is the victim," the agency said in an unattributed statement, in keeping with agency policy. "This attack is something that could happen to anyone and should be condemned, not promoted. There is no indication that any the documents released thus far are classified. In fact, they聽appear聽to be documents that a private citizen with national聽security聽interests and expertise would be expected to possess."

The documents all date from before 2009, when聽Brennan聽joined the White House staff; before that, he was working in the private sector. Aside from the partially completed聽clearance聽application, none of the documents聽appears聽to be sensitive.

In a section of his聽security聽clearance聽application聽covering foreign contacts,聽Brennan聽writes that in August 2007: "I have had lunch twice and dinner once with Alan Lovell, a U.K. colleague with whom I worked closely during the last three years of my government career. Alan is currently聽posted聽at the U.K. Embassy in Washington."

Brennan's聽"government career" to that point consisted of decades at the聽CIA. It's not clear what Lovell's role was at the British Embassy. The State Department in 2009 listed Lovell as a "counselor" in the British Embassy. His LinkedIn profile currently lists him as working at the British Ministry of Defense.

The documents聽include聽a partially written position paper on the future of intelligence, a memo on Iran, a paper from a Republican lawmaker on聽CIA聽interrogations and a summary of a contract dispute between theCIA聽and聽Brennan's聽private company, the Analysis Corporation, which had filed a formal protest after losing a contract dealing with terrorist watch lists.

In a post-election memo, purportedly written to Obama,聽Brennan聽laid out a pragmatic roadmap on dealings with Iran. His suggestions are similar to the carrot-and-stick approach the administration would eventually use in nudging Tehran toward joining negotiations over slowing the momentum of its growing nuclear reactor program.

"The United States has no choice but to find ways to coexist 鈥� and to come to terms 鈥� with whatever government holds power in Tehran,"聽Brennan聽said in the three-page memo. He added that Iran would have to "come to terms" with the U.S. and that "Tehran's ability to advance its political and economic interests rests on a non-hostile relationship with the United States and the West."

In the memo,聽Brennan聽advised Obama to "tone down" rhetoric with Iran, and swiped at former President George W. Bush for his "gratuitous" labeling of Iran as part of a worldwide "axis of evil."聽Brennan聽also said the U.S. should establish a direct dialogue with Tehran and "seek realistic, measurable steps." Although he didn't specifically call for the regime of financial sanctions that the Obama administration, along with Europe, Russia and China, pushed against Iran,聽Brennan聽told the president-elect to "hold out meaningful carrots as well as sticks."

A 2008 letter from then-Sen. Kit Bond to colleagues describes Bond's proposal to curb聽CIA聽interrogation techniques in a less restrictive way than requiring the agency to adhere to the Army field manual, which was what Obama ultimately did.

A related document聽appears聽to be legislation reflecting Bond's proposal, which would have prohibited the agency from engaging in interrogation techniques prohibited by the Army field manual, rather than restricting it to only those techniques allowed by the manual.

But there is no way to know why聽Brennan聽had the letter or what his views on it were. He has defended brutal CIA聽interrogations as having produced good intelligence while supporting Obama's decision to ban them.

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