(Originally published in April 2024.
Note in March 2025: this story has been developing for years. The Havana syndrome is a curious case of US administrations of both parties hiding and whitewashing russia’s crimes against America and Americans, including highly trained and qualified Americans working in special services to defend the country.
To the best of my knowledge, all this information remains valid and true. There haven’t been any major recent changes or developments.
My original post follows.)
I watched the 60 Minutes videos about Havana Syndrome and read the fresh Insider story that were all published this weekend (in April 2024). Links to these are below if you’d like to study them yourself.
If you haven‘t paid attention to Havana Syndrome, here is the entire story in two sentences:
For many years, russia has been targeting US government workers (e.g specific intelligence officials working on cases related to russia) with directed energy weapon attacks that are nonlethal, function without direct contact, and leave the targets with severe health problems. US government is twisting itself into a pretzel to avoid saying that russia is behind these attacks, because it is too afraid of the consequences of saying this.
That’s it. That’s the gist of the entire story.
Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana, one of the locations where the syndrome was reported.
60 Minutes has been working on this material for many years. The first interviews were published in 2019 and 2022. The latest iteration of the investigation that was done jointly by 60 Minutes, The Insider and Der Spiegel, took a year.
I state my summary as a matter of fact, even though the US has never officially admitted that it attributes the attacks to russia. I state this because I find the publicly presented evidence compelling. This is backed up by Greg Edgreen who was the military investigator on the matter and has had access to classified material on the case. You can see his summary in the first video below. When russia is involved, it often makes no sense to play 4D chess and overthink. Things really are as simple as they seem.
Given this, it really seems that the US security and defense policy these days is to “Do whatever it takes to…”
To do what? What do you think?
To defend America, Americans, and the Constitution?
To promote freedom and protect democracy?
No. “Do whatever it takes to not upset and provoke russia.”
That really seems to be the policy these days. Whenever russia is involved, the superpower of US somehow instantly turns into chicken sh*t.
In Ukraine, we see that the US puts russian interests above its friends and allies. That’s no news to anyone. The heartbreaking part I found in this story is that the US puts the interests of russia above its own employees as well. You see interviews with highly trained and dedicated American men and women who have served their country in various capacities, such as top-tier intelligence officers working on matters related to russia, whom russia has attacked with directed energy weapons, and who are forced to retire because of the health problems that these attacks caused. Often, entire families, including children, are attacked and affected. You see genuine concern as these people speak about themselves, their families, and their colleagues who might still be put in harm’s way with similar attacks in the future. They feel that the US government is not doing enough to protect its staff, is sweeping all this under the rug and is twisting itself into a pretzel to avoid saying that russia is behind these attacks, even though there is overwhelming publicly available evidence that points to exactly that.
The Insider story ends with this:
“Removing this many capable American spies and diplomats from active service without killing them and without your main adversary even admitting they’ve done so — such a sustained, decade-long campaign would easily count as one of Vladimir Putin’s greatest strategic victories against the United States.”
This is a double victory for putin and russia. Beyond just removing specific American staff from service, russia sees that it has successfully planted debilitating mental poison, lies, and propaganda into the brains of US decision makers. The russian poison and lies prevent the US decision makers from clearly stating that russia is behind this, and taking steps to counter the attack.
Below are the original materials that you can watch and read.
If you don’t have time for anything else, just watch these two minutes. Greg Edgreen, who ran the military investigation into Havana Syndrome, has this summary and lists important questions that the US is afraid to answer.
https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1774591726327341071
Earlier 60 Minutes segments from 2019 and 2022, showing interviews with several US government workers who experienced the directed energy weapon attacks and are still suffering from “Anomalous Health Incidents”.
Fresh 60 Minutes video from this weekend, published alongside with The Insider article, offering more interviews and fresh evidence that links the attacks with russia.
Long-form story published on The Insider that presents more evidence that links the directed energy weapon attacks with a russian GRU unit, and goes deeper into the related personnel and more incidents than were in the 60 Minutes videos.
https://x.com/michaeldweiss/status/1774584385737519391
https://theins.press/en/politics/270425
A thread by Christo Grozev about the motive, means, and opportunity of russia regarding Havana Syndrome directed energy weapons: https://x.com/christogrozev/status/1775548838163386402
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