CIA says Havana Syndrome not foreign power campaign: Reports

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WASHINGTON - The Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that United States diplomats suffering mysterious headaches and nausea in what has been dubbed Havana Syndrome were not targeted in a globa

l campaign by a foreign power, reports said Wednesday .

US and Canadian officials complained of severe headaches, nausea and possible brain damage after hearing high-pitched sounds. The reports said the CIA did not rule out foreign involvement in about two dozen cases that remain unexplained, which continue to be investigated. Some US officials previously alleged the cases could have been caused by Russian microwave attacks, but scientists expressed doubts about the theory and said there was not one affliction or cause of the reported cases."The interim report was not a final conclusion of the broader Biden administration or the full intelligence community," NBC reported, citing US officials.

 

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