That doesn't surprise me. I seem to recall that from my second set of dreams. But yes, he was able to.
It supposedly is made of dark matter from Hell and holds infinite knowledge, was searched for by the likes of the Red Skull, but also Nick Fury. When someone reads it, it seems to drive them insane from obsession. So when we needed to build something to pull Coulson and Fitz from a different dimension it was decided to let AIDA use it given it was an LMD and seemed the safest option. Obviously that was a mistake.
It does and I'd be much more fascinated if we weren't now stuck in a world where Hydra is in control and we're all on the run while trying to convince our team that they don't belong there so that we can go back to the real world.