![]() ![]() While the symptoms described are broad, they converge on their neurological focus - often resembling the effects of simple head trauma. The DHS memo itself notes, “The precise nature of the injuries suffered by affected personnel has varied and whether a common cause exists for all individuals, regardless of location, has not yet been established.” Proponents of the syndrome’s existence and cause, however, point to a National Academies of Science report last year which concluded that the symptoms are real, and the most plausible cause is “directed, pulsed radio frequency energy.”įormer CIA officials who spoke with The Intercept broadly agreed on the existence of Havana Syndrome but not on its perpetrator, which has been variously attributed in speculation to the Chinese, Russian, or Cuban governments. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., told Avril Haines, President Joe Biden’s director of national intelligence. ![]() “It’s not clear whether the information we’re getting is correct or incorrect,” Sen. Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner, D-Va., and Vice Chair Marco Rubio, R-Fla., praised Burns for his “renewed focus on these attacks” in a statement on April 30.īut whether or not Havana Syndrome even exists continues to be hotly debated. CIA Director Bill Burns has also met with individuals who reported symptoms and briefed lawmakers on the matter. ![]() Claims of mysterious health problems, mostly neurological, first originated among several State Department diplomats in Cuba in 2016 - earning the broad range of symptoms the moniker “Havana Syndrome.”Įarlier this month, the Biden administration’s National Security Council announced that it was formally investigating the reported injuries, which are said to have affected over 130 people, while the CIA has developed a special team to gather intelligence on the reported episodes. The memo suggests that concerns about “multiple symptoms following an unusual auditory or sensory event,” in the past limited to the State Department and CIA, have spread to DHS, an agency unlike the other two in that its operations are primarily domestic (although some of its personnel do operate in foreign countries). ![]()
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