Current Events > 100 CIA officers and 200 US officials and kin sickened by 'Havana Sundrome'

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https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/22/havana-syndrome-cia-officers-family

About 100 CIA officers and family members are among about 200 US officials and kin sickened by Havana syndrome, the CIA director, William Burns, said on Thursday, referring to the mysterious set of ailments that include migraines and dizziness.
Burns, tapped by Joe Biden as the first career diplomat to serve as CIA chief, said in a National Public Radio interview that he had bolstered his agencys efforts to determine the cause of the syndrome and what is responsible.

He confirmed that among other steps, he had tapped a senior officer who once led the hunt for Osama bin Laden to head a taskforce investigating the syndrome, and said he had tripled the size of the medical team involved in the investigation.

The agency also had shortened from eight weeks to two weeks the time that CIA-affiliated people must wait for admission to Walter Reed national military medical center, he said.
Its a profound obligation, I think, of any leader to take care of your people and that is what I am determined to do, Burns told NPR in his first interview since becoming CIA director in March.
Havana syndrome, with symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, migraines and memory lapses, is so named because it first was reported by US officials based in the US embassy in Cuba in 2016.
Burns noted that a US National Academy of Sciences panel in December found that a plausible theory was that directed energy beams caused the syndrome.

There was a very strong possibility that the syndrome was intentionally caused, and that Russia could be responsible, he said, adding that he was withholding definitive conclusions pending further investigation.
Moscow denies involvement.

plausible theory

Lol
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Sounds like they're making it up to get out of work.

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Doe posted...

Sounds like they're making it up to get out of work.

That's a pretty fucked up suggestion considering some of these people are suffering permanent cognitive decline.

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The truth is it was mostly likely caused by us

Is there a vaccine for it?

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So, we are going to acknowledge this supposed nonsense but we spent 2 decades or so refusing to acknowledge that Gulf War Syndrome was a thing.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

So, we are going to acknowledge this supposed nonsense but we spent 2 decades or so refusing to acknowledge that Gulf War Syndrome was a thing.

It matters when the important people get sick.

ScazarMeltex posted...

we spent 2 decades or so refusing to acknowledge that Gulf War Syndrome was a thing.

who's we

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USA probably doing the same to Moscow and Shanghai, but obvs US MSM wont cover it.

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so...did Russia/China find out where one of our CIA offices is?

or did we just have way too many CIA dudes in one place at the same time

Naysaspace posted...

USA probably doing the same to Moscow and Shanghai, but obvs US MSM wont cover it.

umm...no shit? have you ever like..read anything about history before

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Fuck the CIA.

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Naysaspace posted...

USA probably doing the same to Moscow and Shanghai, but obvs US MSM wont cover it.

whatabouting is bad and says bad things about you as a person

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I mean its probably more likely that this is all just bullshit like it was in 2016.
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We're find until "Ligma Sundrome". That one will be devastating.

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thats pretty bigoted to call it the, havana syndrome

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i like how, at the end, we have to mention that the russians didn't do it
out of all the countries that hate america, we have to confirm that one

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It's microwave sickness I bet.

Giant microwave lasers, or entire rooms flooded with microwaves (a hotel room for a diplomat, for example).

Check it out, it's a real thing.

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Theyre probably just dehydrated.

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