The US Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that US diplomats who experienced vague symptoms of headache and nausea in what it called “theHavana SyndromeThey were not targeted in the context of a global campaign launched by a foreign power, according to reports released Wednesday.
And NBC News, The New York Times and Politico reported, citing several officials who were briefed on the CIA’s intelligence assessment of diplomats’ symptoms for the first time in 2016 in the Cuban capital. Havana When US and Canadian officials complained of severe headaches and nausea with possible brain damage following hearing sharp noises, according to AFP.
12 cases
Since then, diplomatic and intelligence officials have reported similar symptoms in countries including Australia, Germany, China, Colombia, Germany and Russia.
It was also reported that the Central Intelligence Agency did not rule out the involvement of a foreign party in regarding 12 cases that are still unexplained, and these cases are still under investigation.
NBC sources also reported that “in hundreds of other cases of possible symptoms, the agency has concluded that it is reasonable to have alternative explanations.”
Russian microwave attacks?
US officials had previously indicated that the cases may have been caused by Russian microwave attacks. However, scholars have questioned this theory and said that there is no disease or cause for the reported cases.
The reports also pointed out that the US Central Intelligence Agency document reached conclusions that are not final.
NBC quoted US officials as saying that the report is not final and does not constitute “the final conclusion of the Biden administration or all of the intelligence services.”
frustrated
It is noteworthy that the conclusions aroused frustration among some of those who developed symptoms, and a group of them said that the assessment of the Central Intelligence Agency “cannot and should not be the final position on the case,” according to a statement reported by The Times.
The newspaper also quoted the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns, describing what was reached as “important conclusions that are not final.” On the other hand, he stressed that work on this file “is not finished yet,” adding: “We will continue the task of investigating these accidents and providing the highest quality care to those who need it.”