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| 60 Minutes: We've Had the Havana Syndrome Weapon for More Than a Year |
| 2026-03-16 |
| [Hot Air] The last time I wrote about Havana Syndrome was back in January of 2025. US Intelligence Agencies had officially determined in 2023 that Havana Syndrome was not the result of an attack by a state actor. Five of those agencies determined it was "very unlikely" that a foreign adversary was responsible for the symptoms, either as the result of purposeful actions — such as a directed energy weapon — or as the byproduct of some other activity, including electronic surveillance that unintentionally could have made people sick, the officials said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the findings of the assessment, which had not yet been made public... The intelligence assessment also examined whether an adversary possessed a device capable of using energy to cause the reported symptoms. Of the seven agencies, five determined that it was "very unlikely," while the other two said it was "unlikely." And yet, there was pretty strong evidence uncovered by several major news outlets that Havana Syndrome was the result of directed attacks carried out by Russia's GRU. And in 2025, just as the Biden administration was leaving office, it updated the IC conclusions about a possible weapon. Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released an update to the 2023 report. The intelligence agencies aren’t saying a foreign actor is to blame for Havana syndrome. But they are no longer so confident that one is not. Two intelligence agencies have now "shifted their judgment to reflect a greater possibility" that a small number of cases indeed were "caused by a foreign actor," an intelligence official told reporters in a briefing. The agencies have examined new information that "foreign actors"—he didn’t say which—"are making progress in scientific research and weapons development." |
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