Havana Syndrome: What Makes U.S. Government Officials Sick?

After spyware and cyber wars, it may not need to bother us that there may be a few more things around us that attack without knowing.

"Voice weapon", one that begins with a jarring and long sound that causes various physical phenomena, has even been nicknamed - "Havana Syndrome".

So what is this and what does the CIA say?

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23/02/2022

Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 08:18

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There are quite a few bizarre syndromes that we have reported on in the past in this section, but a few of them have been reported on the prestigious "60 Minutes" program, if any.

Last Sunday, it was revealed on the CBS News investigative program how the noise linked to the mysterious "Havana Syndrome" sounded.

But what exactly is Havana Syndrome and how is it related, if at all, to U.S.-Cuba relations and the U.S. administration in general? Claims about the syndrome began with reports of people working at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba in the winter of 2016-17. The embassy and afterward experienced symptoms such as headaches, nausea, dizziness, sleep problems, hearing loss, etc. An examination of some of the patients led to the conclusion that they suffered extensive brain injury, unrelated to head injury.

In recent years more cases have emerged, Several incidents have occurred in Washington, including several in the White House, which has raised interest around the issue.

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As mentioned, this is a syndrome that is not yet fully clear, and some claim that it is at all the sound of crickets, but in the "60 Minutes" program they transmitted a recording of the sound as documented by a former official whose name remained confidential.

It is important to say that hearing the sound will not lead to any of the problems associated with the syndrome as the sound is a "byproduct" and not the cause, so feel free to hear it.

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If this sounds like a hallucinatory claim, or just a crickets' voice, notice what Olivia Troy, the then Vice President's Homeland Security and counter-terrorism adviser, had to say on the 60 Minutes program: "It was like a penetrating feeling on the side of my head, it's It was like, I remember it was on the right side of my head and I got dizzy. "

She said she felt it in 2019 on a staircase in the Eisenhower Executive Office building (where the U.S. State Department is located), which is part of the White House compound, and three more times in nearby locations.

"I was unstable, I felt nauseous, I was a little confused, and I remember thinking, 'Okay you have to - do not fall down the stairs. You have to find the ground again and stabilize yourself.'

CIA Director William Burns also referred to similar incidents as assaults.

One of Burns' aides even suffered from symptoms during a trip to New Delhi in 2020.

And if that's not enough, about a year ago, suspicion of Havana at the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam caused U.S. Vice President Camela Harris to delay her landing in the country for several hours.

Last year the CIA investigating the matter said most of the cases were not caused by a foreign power, but investigations are ongoing.

So far, no solid explanation has emerged, but theories include energy-using weapons, such as microwaves, as the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine claimed in a report released in 2020, which claimed some brain injuries observed were consistent with the effects of intentional microwave energy. Which they claim Russia has investigated for a long time.

Others have speculated about a psychological source, or "mass hysteria" if you will.

While the Trump administration has handled the situation with skepticism, the White House National Security Council headed by President Joe Biden has actually convened a Western task force of medical experts and outside scientists, who are also examining Havana syndrome and are expected to publish some findings in the near future, according to officials.

The Department of Defense, the FBI and the State Department are still working to investigate the origins of the syndrome and how to moderate it.

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