[bitt]

'The newspaper said the incident, which occurred at midday, was described in a "classified Pentagon report."

The report said the Russian ship was spying on a U.S. nuclear submarine in waters off Washington state when a "laser beam" was "fired" at a Canadian helicopter, injuring the pilot and a U.S. Navy officer on board taking pictures, the paper said.

Cohn was ineffective, as usual. 'Nothing to see, (pardon the pun), move on".....

[abner]

Thanks for the more accurate info.