Do efforts to kill the Open Skies Treaty, and the al-Baghdadi raid, cross paths?

Steffan Watkins
8 min readMar 4, 2020

There have been a series of startling things in the media which have compelled me to document and draw attention to the timing of events.
Are they related, or a coincidence?

Aircrew members assigned to Russian air force Open Skies and Airmen assigned to the 15th Wing, pose for a group photo at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 14, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

Based on information from multiple leaks, during the 1st week of October, Tim Morrison, the National Security Council’s Russia…

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Steffan Watkins

Steffan Watkins is a open source research consultant interested in the Open Skies Treaty and its implementation, among other things. #OpenSkiesTreaty