The Kremlin said there was still no firm date set for the first meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, but that if it did happen the media were likely to be excluded, the Izvestia newspaper said on Wednesday.
The top-secret National Security Agency document, which was provided anonymously to The Intercept and independently authenticated, analyzes intelligence very recently acquired by the agency about a months-long Russian intelligence cyber effort against elements of the US election and voting infrastructure.
Putin's denial of state-level involvement runs contrary to reports from USA intelligence agencies who said that Putin directed the cyberattack against the Democratic National Committee in 2016 and a disinformation campaign during the presidential election.
Russian hackers attacked at least one US voting software supplier days before last year's presidential election, according to a government intelligence report leaked Monday that suggests election-related hacking penetrated further into USA voting systems than previously known. However, the report raises the possibility that Russian hacking may have breached at least some elements of the voting system, with disconcertingly uncertain results.
While the charges do not name the publication, a U.S. official with knowledge of the case said victor was charged with leaking the NSA report to The Intercept.
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English said last week that the legislation "shows Hawaii as a leader in this area, that we're willing to do it on our own". Only two countries are not part of the global agreement - Syria and Nicaragua.
The indictment against victor alleges she "printed and improperly removed" classified intelligence reporting that was dated "on or about May 5, 2017". Late last August, the report says that these hackers sent emails that seemed to be from Google to workers at an election software company in the USA, the report said.
As a result, a US intelligence officer who declined to be identified in Monday's report, cautioned against drawing major conclusions because the analysis is single source and non-definitive.
Trump has dismissed the allegations as "fake news" and sought to focus attention on leaks of information to the media.
The Justice Department declined to comment on the case beyond its filing.
Putin compared hackers to artists when asked by reporters in St. Petersburg, Russia about accusations that Russia may interfere in Germany's upcoming elections.
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