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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.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by bradley13 on Thursday September 23 2021, @03:30PM (3 children)
I'm still not convinced this is real. Ok, maybe there was something in the air in Havana - it's not impossible. But since then? The cases have been vague, the symptoms hard to nail down.
It frankly reminds me of people (like, um, someone I know) who claim that WiFi makes them sick. As long as they don't know you have WiFi, they feel great. Then they find out, and - whoa - suddenly they feel weak, dizzy, or whatever.
Take someone with that mentality, stick them in a US embassy, and - Havana Syndrome?
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday September 23 2021, @04:50PM
That is entirely possible. I'm not convinced either way, but lean towards the possibility that doesn't rely on magic tech.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 23 2021, @05:33PM
(Score: 3, Informative) by linuxrocks123 on Thursday September 23 2021, @11:53PM
MRIs have confirmed brain damage similar to concussions. It's not psychosomatic.
https://www.gq.com/story/cia-investigation-and-russian-microwave-attacks [gq.com]