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Biden signs bill to help victims of 'Havana syndrome' [thehill.com]

President Biden on Friday signed into law a bill that provides financial support to U.S. government officials who have fallen victim to "Havana syndrome," mysterious health symptoms that have affected U.S. personnel in various parts of the world.

"We are bringing to bear the full resources of the U.S. Government to make available first-class medical care to those affected and to get to the bottom of these incidents, including to determine the cause and who is responsible," Biden said in a written statement Friday. "Protecting Americans and all those who serve our country is our first duty, and we will do everything we can to care for our personnel and their families."

Havana Syndrome: 'Attacks have stepped-up in their brazenness,' says national security expert [cnbc.com]

Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, called for greater coordination within the U.S. government to combat the growing number of mysterious soundwave attacks against Americans dubbed as "Havana Syndrome [cnbc.com]."

"I still don't see the kind of coordinated, across agency, government-wide approach to this where there's a central medical review that's done, no matter which agency you're from, if you've been impacted, and look, these attacks have stepped-up in their brazenness," Figliuzzi said.

Figliuzzi, an NBC News national security analyst, gave examples of the increasingly flagrant attacks against high-ranking U.S. officials. One attack occurred during a trip to India [nbcnews.com] in September with CIA Director William Burns. Another potential attack delayed Vice President Kamala Harris' trip to Vietnam [nbcnews.com] in August.

U.S. investigators increasingly confident directed-energy attacks behind Havana Syndrome [politico.com]

The U.S. government's investigation into the mysterious illnesses impacting American personnel overseas and at home is turning up new evidence that the symptoms are the result of directed-energy attacks, according to five lawmakers and officials briefed on the matter.

Berlin police investigating 'Havana syndrome' cases at U.S. Embassy [reuters.com]

In response to a report by the news magazine Der Spiegel, Berlin police said they had since August been investigating an "alleged sonic weapon attack on employees of the U.S. Embassy," but declined to provide further information.

Havana syndrome [wikipedia.org].

Also at NYT [nytimes.com].

Previously: CIA Director "Fuming" After Havana Syndrome Strikes Team Member in India [soylentnews.org]

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