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CIA Director “Fuming” After Havana Syndrome Strikes Team Member in India

posted by martyb on Thursday September 23 2021, @02:38AM   
from the need-better-tinfoil-hats dept.

takyon writes:

CIA director "fuming" after Havana syndrome strikes team member in India

A US intelligence officer traveling in India earlier this month with CIA director William Burns reported experiencing a mysterious health incident and symptoms consistent with so-called Havana syndrome, according to a report by CNN. The officer received immediate medical care upon returning to the US.

The case raises fears that such incidents are not only increasing, but potentially escalating, unnamed officials told CNN and The New York Times. The new incident within Burns' own team reportedly left the CIA chief "fuming" with anger.

The director's schedule is tightly guarded, and officials do not know if the affected intelligence officer was targeted because the officer was traveling with the director. If the health incident was an attack carried out by an adversarial intelligence agency—as feared—it's unclear how the adversarial agency learned of the trip and was able to prepare an attack. It's also possible, however, that the officer was targeted for other reasons and without knowledge that the officer was traveling with the director.

[...] The incident is the second high-profile case in less than a month. On August 24, another so-called "anomalous health incident" affecting US embassy staff in Hanoi, Vietnam, came to light. It is still unclear how many staff members were affected in that incident, but NBC News reported that two US personnel were medevaced out of the country.

Previously:
US Embassy Employees in Cuba Possibly Subjected to 'Acoustic Attack'
U.S. State Department Pulls Employees From Cuba, Issues Travel Warning Due to "Sonic Attacks"
Latest Explanation for Cuban Embassy Symptoms: Microwave Weapons
"Sonic Attack" Recording Made by Diplomats is Actually a Recording of Crickets
Mysterious health "attack" cases rise to 130, US officials confirm

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• Are we supposed to care?Are we supposed to care? (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @03:06AM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @03:06AM (#1180654)

  It's like karmic retribution. Spend the better part of a century raping the world and doing evil things, eventually people will figure out a way to make your lives hell too.

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• Yes we areYes we are (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @05:42PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @05:42PM (#1180788)

  Our own lives are in no way safe from those same people, or from any other criminals/politicians/businessmen/... obtaining the same weapon.

  As long as you are above the ground, you are inconvenient to someone. An untrackable tech for removing inconveniences will inevitably get ever-widening use.

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    Re:Yes we areRe:Yes we are (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @08:39PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @08:39PM (#1180858)

    If they want to kill me, I can be killed. There's no reason to be scared about what can't be changed.

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    • Re:Yes we are(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 24 2021, @06:53AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 24 2021, @06:53AM (#1181042)

      Sure they are not already doing this....

      And calling it "covid"?

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