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U.S. Conducts Spy Flight Over Russia -- Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon
Moscow confirms it canceled flight last week.
After a tit-for-tat series of delays, the United States conducted an Open Skies Treaty intelligence flight over Russian territory on Monday, a State Department official said.
The spy flight originally was scheduled for April 14 but was canceled by Russia after a U.S. team for the flight failed to arrive near Moscow on time and Moscow refused temporarily to reschedule it.
A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman also expressed anger on Monday over U.S. delays in certifying a new high-tech Russian aircraft to be used for spying missions over the United States under the Open Skies Treaty that permits limited legal spying over U.S. and Russian territory.
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My Comment: The damage has already been done. Russia's refusal last week for a scheduled U.S. flight was unprecedented .... if you cannot inspect you cannot verify .... and if you cannot verify .... why have a treaty. The trust has already been broken .... regaining it is going to be hard.
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