The Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond on Thursday to requests for comment on the meetings.
The head of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Sunday that Russia and others are trying to undermine elections in the United States, the next major one being in November when Republicans will try to keep control of Congress, Reuters reported.
Information provided by the CIA helped Russian security services foil an attack on St Petersburg's Kazan cathedral, the Kremlin says, according to the BBC.
Putin's decision to go on an offensive against Ukraine and launch a military campaign in Syria was based on the assertion that he would see no symmetrical military response, ex-CIA director (2013-2017) John Brennan said in an interview with PBS Frontline, Voice of America reports.
Mike Pompeo, the man appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump to lead the United States Central Intelligence Agency has outlined his plans to promote more aggressive intelligence operations and combat what he described as "red tape" in the agency's culture, IntelNews reports.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said Thursday he wants to brief President Donald Trump on his meeting with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to CNN.
An unarmed Russian Air Force aircraft overflew the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, Central Intelligence Agency and Joint Base Andrews at low altitude on Wednesday as part of a longstanding treaty that allows the militaries of the United States and Russia to observe the other from the air, according to two people familiar with the flight, who spoke with CNN.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Tuesday night that Russian "clearly" meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, CBS News reports.
CIA chief Mike Pompeo says that the Russians are trying to undermine American democracy for decades, according to MSNBC.
President Donald Trump sought to insert himself into congressional investigations on Russia on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to hear from one of his former advisers, Carter Page, to counter testimony by directors of the FBI and CIA, according to Reuters.
Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports, The Washington Post wrote Friday.
Former CIA Director John Brennan said on Tuesday it became clear last summer that Russia was attempting to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, and that he warned the head of Russia's FSB security service that such interference would hurt U.S. ties, according to Reuters.