Wikileaks claims to have released some of the contents of CIA director John Brennan's personal email account.
Six documents published on the Wikileaks website include a draft security clearance application containing personal information.
The FBI and the Secret Service are investigating reports that Mr Brennan's account has been hacked.
A high-school student claimed he was responsible and told the New York Post that he had found work-related files.
The alleged hacker, who has remained anonymous, was described by the New York Post newspaper as "a stoner high-school student" who was angry about US foreign policy.
His Twitter account, where he is described as 13 years old, has published redacted images of what appear to be government information.
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Wikileaks announced in a tweet on Wednesday that it would release some of the information later in the day.
The documents - made available a few hours later - also included a draft on national security challenges said to have been created in 2007.
The last unfinished paragraph is headed "Damaging Leaks of Classified Information".
A 2008 letter about interrogation methods is also included, purporting to be from the vice-chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to his fellow board members.
It is not clear whether any national security information has been compromised in the release. Wikileaks said it would release more documents "over the coming days".
The CIA has declined to comment on Wikileaks' claims.
High-profile leaks including a wealth of diplomatic cables from Wikileaks have dogged the US government in recent years.
The use of private email has become a major issue in recent months for White House hopeful Hilary Clinton, since it emerged that she had done so while secretary of state.
Mr Brennan became director of the CIA in 2013 having spent four years as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.
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