There was nothing in the story saying confidential files were stored in his AOL account. Also nothing about when the account was last used.
There was a time when we all had noisy modems and AOL accounts.
There was a time when we all had noisy modems and AOL accounts.
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
Storing confidential material in an AOL account would be a crime, just like giving the same material to Wikileaks.
Brennan's PII, job history, etc. is certainly valuable information, but clearance application paperwork itself is unclassified.