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Foreign Adversaries Not Behind ‘Havana Syndrome,’ US Intelligence Agencies Say

LANGLEY, UNITED STATES: A janitor mops the floor at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency 03 March, 2005 in Langley, Virginia. AFP PHOTO/ Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
  • US intelligence agencies cannot link a foreign adversary to any of the incidents associated with so-called “Havana syndrome,” the hundreds of cases of brain injuries and other symptoms reported by American personnel around the world.
  • The findings released Wednesday by US intelligence officials cast doubt on the longstanding suspicions of many people who reported theories that Russia or another country may have been running a global campaign to harass or attack Americans using some form of directed energy.
  • Instead, officials say, there is more evidence that foreign countries were not involved. In some cases, the US detected among adversarial governments confusion about the allegations and suspicions that “Havana syndrome” was an American plot.
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