Exclusive: Dozens of CIA officers accuse intel agency of soft-pedaling its ‘Havana Syndrome’ investigation

Washington CNN — As many as three dozen current and former CIA officers have gone to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees over the past year to raise concerns that a CIA task force has been soft-pedaling its investigation into a mysterious illness impacting agency officers and diplomats known colloquially as “Havana Syndrome,” sources tell CNN. But about two dozen cases remain unexplained, which the government vaguely refers to as “anomalous health incidents.” “There’s just no answer,” said one House Intelligence Committee member briefed on the CIA task force’s work. To me, this is where they need to be held accountable to explain why.” CIA officials dispute the notion that the task force isn’t conducting a rigorous and thorough investigation, with one agency official calling it “among the most full-scale and aggressive approaches to an investigation that CIA and other agencies have taken.” CIA director William Burns in a statement to CNN also said the agency is fulfilling its “profound obligation” to conduct “the most rigorous investigation possible.” CIA Director William Burns during his confirmation hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. A years’ long investigation The CIA task force is only one of at least three US intelligence community investigations into the “anomalous health incidents” – or AHIs.