Havana Syndrome
(article) “Havana Syndrome: The History Behind the Mystery”
2024-04-01 https://www.fpri.org/article/2024/04/havana-syndrome-the-history-behind-the-mystery/
- Possibly up to 1,500 American officials at home and abroad have suffered brain and other injuries in recent years from a mysterious malady that is reported to have begun in Havana in 2016 and has since been known as Havana Syndrome.
- While aspects of these health incidents remain a mystery, they recall a series of historically documented Soviet technical operations against the US embassy in Moscow that began in 1953 and lasted for decades, providing credible evidence of serious harm to numerous diplomats and other US officials.
- Since the fall of the Soviet Union, President Vladimir Putin and Russian military officers have publicly bragged about developing weapons that could cause health effects similar to Havana Syndrome.
After attacks on officials of successive administrations, CIA Director William Burns may finally have put an end to such incidents by threatening the Russians with retaliation.- But the policy of tolerating, denying, and concealing decades of Russian attacks, at the expense of American officials, has harmed the credibility and weakened the power of the US government to deter other acts of aggression.
(article) “Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU’s assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on U.S. officials and their families”
2024-04-01 https://theins.ru/en/politics/270425
A yearlong investigation by The Insider, in collaboration with 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, has uncovered evidence suggesting that unexplained anomalous health incidents, also known as Havana Syndrome, may have their origin in the use of directed energy weapons wielded by members of Russian GRU Unit 29155. Members of the Kremlin’s infamous military intelligence sabotage squad have been placed at the scene of suspected attacks on overseas U.S. government personnel and their family members, leading victims to question what Washington knows about the origins of Havana Syndrome, and what an appropriate Western response might entail.
(article) “CIA doctor hit by Havana syndrome says he was in ‘disbelief’ as he suffered what he was investigating”
2022-09-25 https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/25/politics/havana-syndrome-cia-doctor-cnn-special/index.html
(article) “A ‘Havana Syndrome’ Investigation in Congress Rest on Politics, Not Science”
Lawmakers should look in the mirror if they want answers to who hyped dubious reports of Havana syndrome. Instead they are investigating the spy agencies telling them the truth about the mystery
Law & Order S21 E08 “Severance”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19712404/
aired on 2022-05-05
based on several real world cases/incidents besides “Havana syndrome” phenomenon:
- Tesla, Inc. workplace controversies (2020)
- The “Facebook Files” leak involving Frances Haugen (2021)
- The murder of Tracie McBride by Louis Jones Jr. and the related controversial Gulf War syndrome clemency defence
※ Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE, 만성 외상성 뇌병)
A neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head.
Symptoms occur in four stages and typically manifest 8 to 10 years after an individual experiences repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries.
- Stage 1: confusion, disorientation, dizziness, headaches
- Stage 2: memory loss, social instability, impulsive behaviour, poor judgment
- Stage 3 and 4: impediments, sensory processing disorder, tremors, vertigo, deafness, depression, suicidality
A definitive diagnosis of CTE can only be made during an autopsy, as it cannot be confirmed in living individuals. While some researchers link certain signs and symptoms to CTE, no conclusive test exists to identify it in living people. Additionally, the signs often resemble those of other neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy