Cuban scientists say no evidence of attacks on diplomats
3 years, 6 months ago

Cuban scientists say no evidence of attacks on diplomats

Associated Press  

Havana — Cuba on Monday issued its most detailed report to date from prominent local scientists criticizing allegations that U.S. and Canadian diplomats were subject to mysterious attacks while posted on the island and developed health issues. More than two dozen U.S. and a dozen Canadian embassy workers in Havana reported falling ill in 2016 and 2017, leading U.S. officials at one point to assert they had been victims of “sonic attacks” and prompting a shutdown of most U.S. Embassy operations, which continue to this day. A report released in December by a U.S. National Academy of Sciences committee found that “directed, pulsed radio frequency energy appears to be the most plausible” explanation for the illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China. The Cuban document called that conclusion “puzzling because the report cites no direct evidence for the involvement of in the events in Havana or elsewise.” “No known form of energy can selectively cause brain damage under the conditions described for the alleged incidents in Havana,” it said.

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US finds no link between 'Havana syndrome' and foreign power, but two spy agencies say it's possible
2 months, 2 weeks ago

US finds no link between 'Havana syndrome' and foreign power, but two spy agencies say it's possible

The Independent  

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The government is hiding something about the “Havana syndrome”
11 months, 1 week ago

The government is hiding something about the “Havana syndrome”

Salon  

You can’t expect transparency from our government. The Obama-appointed judge presided over the 2023 Google antitrust trial, and handed out an 18-year sentence to the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes for his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection – calling Rhodes’ actions a “peril to our democracy.” This lack of clarity only leads to a proliferation of a …

No sign adversaries behind 'Havana syndrome': US intelligence agencies
2 years ago

No sign adversaries behind 'Havana syndrome': US intelligence agencies

Firstpost  

Washington: US intelligence agencies cannot link a foreign adversary to any of the incidents associated with so-called ‘Havana syndrome’, the hundreds of cases of brain injuries and other symptoms reported by American personnel around the world. The findings released Wednesday by US intelligence officials cast doubt on the longstanding suspicions by many people who reported cases that Russia or another …

Report finds no evidence foreign powers behind ‘Havana Syndrome’
2 years ago

Report finds no evidence foreign powers behind ‘Havana Syndrome’

Al Jazeera  

Multiyear investigation by US agencies casts doubt on speculation that a hostile power was behind unexplained ailments. The United States intelligence community has concluded that there is little evidence to support the belief that a hostile foreign power was responsible for “Havana Syndrome”, a series of unexplained ailments that diplomats and officials say they experienced across the world. Some had …

Explained | What is the ‘Havana Syndrome’ that has afflicted many American diplomats around the world?
3 years, 1 month ago

Explained | What is the ‘Havana Syndrome’ that has afflicted many American diplomats around the world?

The Hindu  

The story so far: A recent U.S. intelligence report says that ‘ Havana Syndrome ’ — a collection of symptoms and related brain injuries, reported by U.S. officials, particularly diplomats in embassies — could be caused by pulsed electromagnetic energy or close-range ultrasound. ‘Havana Syndrome’ is a colloquial name given to a set of symptoms such as dizziness, hearing loss, …

Experts: Energy attacks could be behind some 'Havana' cases
3 years, 1 month ago

Experts: Energy attacks could be behind some 'Havana' cases

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A panel of intelligence experts …

Directed energy may cause mysterious ‘Havana syndrome’: US panel
3 years, 1 month ago

Directed energy may cause mysterious ‘Havana syndrome’: US panel

Al Jazeera  

The findings leave open the possibility that illness reported by US diplomatic staff could have been the work of adversaries. A panel of technical and medical experts convened by the US intelligence apparatus have found that some cases of so-called “Havana Syndrome” may be caused by directed electromagnetic energy. Out of hundreds of cases reported, “a subset of AHIs cannot …

Energy attacks could be behind some 'Havana' cases, say experts
3 years, 1 month ago

Energy attacks could be behind some 'Havana' cases, say experts

Hindustan Times  

A panel of intelligence experts hasn't identified a single culprit for apparent brain injuries reported by US personnel that have been linked to so-called “Havana syndrome,” but several potential causes remain plausible, including the use of devices that emit beams of directed energy, officials said Thursday. Among the recommendations the panel has made is standardizing the information collected across US …

Experts: Energy attacks could be behind some ‘Havana’ cases
3 years, 1 month ago

Experts: Energy attacks could be behind some ‘Havana’ cases

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A panel of intelligence experts hasn’t identified a single culprit for apparent brain injuries reported by U.S. personnel that have been linked to so-called “Havana syndrome,” but several potential causes remain plausible, including the use of devices that emit beams of directed energy, officials said Wednesday. Among the recommendations the panel has made is standardizing the information collected …

'Havana syndrome' unlikely to be caused by Russian attacks, CIA finds
3 years, 2 months ago

'Havana syndrome' unlikely to be caused by Russian attacks, CIA finds

ABC  

The CIA believes it is unlikely Russia or another foreign adversary used microwaves or other forms of directed energy to attack the hundreds of American officials who claim to have been affected by "Havana syndrome". Key points: The report attributed most investigated cases of Havana syndrome to various environmental or medical factors A lawyer representing employees said the CIA is …

CIA: Most ‘Havana syndrome’ cases not linked to US adversary
3 years, 2 months ago

CIA: Most ‘Havana syndrome’ cases not linked to US adversary

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The CIA believes it is unlikely that Russia or another foreign adversary has used microwaves or other forms of directed energy to attack the hundreds of American officials who attribute symptoms associated with brain injuries to what’s come to be known as “Havana syndrome.” The agency’s findings, according to one official familiar with the matter who spoke on …

‘Havana Syndrome’ not a foreign campaign: report
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Havana Syndrome’ not a foreign campaign: report

The Hindu  

The CIA has concluded that U.S. diplomats suffering mysterious headaches and nausea in what has been dubbed “Havana Syndrome” were not targeted in a global campaign by a foreign power, reports said on Wednesday. The New York Times and Politico cited multiple officials briefed on a CIA assessment on the incidents that first surfaced among diplomats in 2016 in the …

'Havana Syndrome' is not a foreign power campaign, concludes CIA
3 years, 2 months ago

'Havana Syndrome' is not a foreign power campaign, concludes CIA

Firstpost  

Some US officials previously alleged the cases of US diplomats suffering mysterious headaches and nausea could have been caused by Russian microwave attacks, but scientists expressed doubts about the theory and said there was not one affliction or cause of the reported cases Washington: The CIA has concluded that US diplomats suffering mysterious headaches and nausea in what has been …

'Havana Syndrome' is Not Foreign Power Campaign, Says CIA But Not Everyone is Convinced
3 years, 2 months ago

'Havana Syndrome' is Not Foreign Power Campaign, Says CIA But Not Everyone is Convinced

News 18  

The CIA has concluded that US diplomats suffering mysterious headaches and nausea in what has been dubbed “Havana Syndrome” were not targeted in a global campaign by a foreign power, reports said Wednesday. NBC News, The New York Times and Politico cited multiple officials briefed on a CIA intelligence assessment on the incidents that first surfaced among diplomats in 2016 …

Most ‘Havana syndrome’ cases not linked to U.S. adversary, CIA says
3 years, 2 months ago

Most ‘Havana syndrome’ cases not linked to U.S. adversary, CIA says

LA Times  

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, shown in November 2021 with retired ambassador Margaret Uyehara when the department named a new coordinator for its investigation into cases of so-called Havana syndrome. The CIA believes it is unlikely that Russia or another foreign adversary has used microwaves or other forms of directed energy to attack the hundreds of American officials who …

CIA finds most Havana Syndrome cases not work of enemies: Report
3 years, 2 months ago

CIA finds most Havana Syndrome cases not work of enemies: Report

Al Jazeera  

Spy agency’s early findings say most cases of mysterious affliction affecting US diplomats explained by other factors. The CIA has determined a mysterious sickness affecting hundreds of United States diplomatic workers across the world is not part of a widespread targeted campaign by a foreign power, according to US media reports. Officials briefed on the spy agency’s preliminary finding said …

'No One is Safe': Member of CIA Chief's Team Reported Havana Syndrome Symptoms on Recent India Trip
3 years, 6 months ago

'No One is Safe': Member of CIA Chief's Team Reported Havana Syndrome Symptoms on Recent India Trip

News 18  

When CIA Director Bill Burns traveled to India earlier this month a member of his team reported symptoms consistent with Havana syndrome and had to receive medical attention, according to three sources familiar with the matter. CNN has previously reported that incidents also took place on US soil, including two staff members of then-President Donald Trump’s national security council who …

Microwave Attack? Mysterious 'Havana' Syndrome Imperils US Diplomats
3 years, 7 months ago

Microwave Attack? Mysterious 'Havana' Syndrome Imperils US Diplomats

News 18  

A mysterious affliction dubbed “Havana Syndrome” that has brought severe headaches, nausea and possible brain damage to US diplomats has many officials convinced they are under sustained attack using electronic weapons. On Tuesday, US Vice President Kamala Harris delayed for several hours a trip to Vietnam after the US embassy in Hanoi reported a possible case involving “acoustic incidents” there, …

Mysterious Havana Syndrome sufferers claim Biden is ignoring them and 'energy attacks' on US
3 years, 10 months ago

Mysterious Havana Syndrome sufferers claim Biden is ignoring them and 'energy attacks' on US

The Independent  

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Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws US concern
3 years, 10 months ago

Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws US concern

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is facing new pressure to resolve a mystery that has vexed its predecessors: Is an adversary using a microwave or radio wave weapon to attack the brains of U.S. diplomats, spies and military personnel? Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell, a Defense Department spokesman, said the causes of any incidents “are areas of active inquiry.” Officials have …

Havana syndrome: Over 130 US personnel victims of suspected ‘energy attacks’ with some suffering brain damage
3 years, 10 months ago

Havana syndrome: Over 130 US personnel victims of suspected ‘energy attacks’ with some suffering brain damage

The Independent  

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Pentagon blames Russia for mystery illness affecting US troops
3 years, 11 months ago

Pentagon blames Russia for mystery illness affecting US troops

The Independent  

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Cuban official asks Biden’s gov’t to reconsider sanctions
4 years, 1 month ago

Cuban official asks Biden’s gov’t to reconsider sanctions

Associated Press  

HAVANA — A top Cuban official said on Thursday that declassified U.S. documents pointing out deficiencies in the response to health issues reported by American diplomats on the island show some of the falsehoods the Trump administration used to impose measures against Cuba. Johana Tablada, deputy director for U.S. affairs at Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, said the new U.S. government should …

CIA officers give new accounts of 'Russian sonic attacks'
4 years, 1 month ago

CIA officers give new accounts of 'Russian sonic attacks'

Daily Mail  

New accounts have emerged from CIA officers of suspected sonic attacks by Russia which have been blamed for mysterious symptoms suffered by US operatives around the world. After dozens of Americans became inexplicably ill in Havana beginning in 2016, similar incidents have been reported in Russia, China, Australia and elsewhere - with suspicion falling on Moscow among US intelligence agents. …

'Sonic attack' on US diplomats in Cuba was just a very loud cricket, scientists say
6 years, 2 months ago

'Sonic attack' on US diplomats in Cuba was just a very loud cricket, scientists say

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If the sounds heard by the diplomats were …

Cuban president denies ‘sonic’ attacks on US diplomats
6 years, 6 months ago

Cuban president denies ‘sonic’ attacks on US diplomats

CNN  

Havana, Cuba CNN — Cuba’s new leader has denied his country had any involvement in “sonic” attacks against US diplomats in the country. In late 2016, multiple US Embassy personnel in Cuba began reporting symptoms including sharp ear pain, headaches, ringing in one ear, vertigo, disorientation, attention issues and signs consistent with mild traumatic brain injury or concussion. Video Ad …

Cuba ‘health attacks’ a puzzle; embassy cuts permanent
7 years ago

Cuba ‘health attacks’ a puzzle; embassy cuts permanent

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Citing mysterious “health attacks” in Havana, the United States says it is making permanent its withdrawal of 60 percent of its diplomats from Cuba, extending an action that has hurt the island nation’s economy and cramped Cubans’ ability to visit the U.S. Last October, the State Department ordered non-essential embassy personnel and the families of all staff to …

Senate holds hearing on Cuban ‘sonic attacks’
7 years, 2 months ago

Senate holds hearing on Cuban ‘sonic attacks’

CNN  

Story highlights US officials tell CNN they are still mystified by the incidents In late 2016, US government workers began having strange symptoms CNN — The health incidents that sickened US diplomats in Cuba and further set back US-Cuban relations will be the subject of a Senate hearing on Tuesday. However, it’s not expected to resolve the mystery of what …

Cuban Minister rejects US claims on sonic attacks
7 years, 4 months ago

Cuban Minister rejects US claims on sonic attacks

CNN  

Washington CNN — Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said today that the United States has provided no evidence for its claims that US diplomats in Havana have come under deliberate sonic attack, and raised the question of whether the Trump administration is using the diplomats’ injuries to unwind recent progress in creating closer ties. “The US government should stop …

Cuban scientists deny sonic attacks on US diplomats
7 years, 5 months ago

Cuban scientists deny sonic attacks on US diplomats

China Daily  

Cuban Interior Ministry's Colonel Ramiro Ramirez, who leads a team investigating US complaints of "attacks" on diplomats in Havana, speaks during an interview at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba, Oct 22, 2017. HAVANA - Two Cuban scientists have denied the accusations that Cuba targeted American diplomats and their families in Havana with sonic attacks, saying this was a pretext …

US sonic attack allegations are 'science fiction', Cuban investigators say
7 years, 5 months ago

US sonic attack allegations are 'science fiction', Cuban investigators say

The Independent  

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Trump blames Cuba for mysterious attack on US diplomats
7 years, 5 months ago

Trump blames Cuba for mysterious attack on US diplomats

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump said Monday that he does “believe Cuba is responsible” for the mysterious attacks that sickened at least 22 US diplomats and family members in Havana. On Thursday, Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, did not directly accuse the Cuban government of carrying out the attacks but told reporters: “We believe the government could stop …

US expels Cuban diplomats following Havana attacks
7 years, 5 months ago

US expels Cuban diplomats following Havana attacks

CNN  

Story highlights The reductions are just the latest step in the rapidly unraveling US-Cuban relations There was no immediate response from the Cuban government CNN — The US on Tuesday expelled 15 Cuban diplomats to match staff reductions at the US Embassy in Havana after the US ordered home non-essential diplomats and families following mysterious attacks on personnel there, two …

US diplomats and families in Cuba targeted nearly 50 times by sonic attacks, says US official
7 years, 6 months ago

US diplomats and families in Cuba targeted nearly 50 times by sonic attacks, says US official

CNN  

Story highlights At least 21 US diplomats and relatives affected by possible sonic attacks US Embassy in Havana may be scaled back to limit number of people at risk Havana, Cuba CNN — Some of the 21 US diplomats believed to have been impacted by mysteriousacoustic attacks in Cuba were targeted multiple times, CNN has learned from a senior US …

US diplomats in Cuba hit with mysterious 'acoustic' attacks, causing hearing loss and brain injury
7 years, 6 months ago

US diplomats in Cuba hit with mysterious 'acoustic' attacks, causing hearing loss and brain injury

ABC  

It's an unlikely weapon of war — an ultrasonic device that causes hearing loss, headaches, nausea, even mild brain injury. The FBI is one of several US agencies investigating the possibility that US diplomats have been deliberately targeted by a mysterious "acoustic" attack in Cuba. Diplomat hit by 'blaring, grinding' noise After the US complained to Cuba's Government earlier this …

New 'sonic' attack against US diplomats in Cuba
7 years, 6 months ago

New 'sonic' attack against US diplomats in Cuba

Daily Mail  

Another 'sonic' attack against US diplomats at the embassy in Havana is feared to have taken place in August. It comes after a spate of attacks between November 2016 and April 2017 which left 16 diplomats suffering severe health problems. Some lost their hearing and others suffered mild brain injuries as a result of the undetected attacks which authorities fear …

US: Another health attack on diplomats in Cuba last month
7 years, 6 months ago

US: Another health attack on diplomats in Cuba last month

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Mysterious incidents affecting the health of American diplomats in Cuba continued as recently as August, the United States said Friday, despite earlier U.S. assessments that the attacks had long stopped. The new U.S. disclosures came the same day that the union representing American diplomats said mild traumatic brain injury was among the diagnoses given to diplomats victimized in …

Mysterious attacks on US diplomats in Cuba occurred as recently as last month
7 years, 6 months ago

Mysterious attacks on US diplomats in Cuba occurred as recently as last month

CNN  

Story highlights "We can confirm another incident which occurred last month and is now part of the investigation" the State Department said Two US diplomats suffered long-term injuries including hearing loss as a result of the attacks The State Department announced Friday that incidents of acoustic attacks on US diplomats in Havana, Cuba, which have led to a variety of …

Cuba: Diplomats being deafened by 'covert sonic devices', finger pointed at Government
7 years, 7 months ago

Cuba: Diplomats being deafened by 'covert sonic devices', finger pointed at Government

ABC  

A mysterious illness has struck down some American and Canadian diplomats in the Cuban capital Havana, with the symptoms including nausea, migraines, concussion-like brain injuries and long-term deafness. While the details are sparse, reports suggest the diplomats may have fallen victim to some sort of "sonic attack", with the finger pointed squarely at the Cuban Government. Finger pointed at Cuban …

US expels Cuban diplomats after ‘unexplained incident’ in Cuba
7 years, 7 months ago

US expels Cuban diplomats after ‘unexplained incident’ in Cuba

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The State Department has expelled two diplomats from the Cuban …

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