Havana syndrome attacks
A '60 Minutes' report names Russian military intelligence Unit 29155 as likely behind the attacks, but US intelligence ruled out a foreign role. A former senior CIA officer who was forced to retire over a brain injury caused by a suspected “Havana Syndrome” attack has called for congressional hearings after a new report linked Russia to mysterious neurological symptoms that have plagued U.S. diplomats and spies for nearly a decade. ab cd The report comes a little more than a year after the U.S. intelligence community concluded it was “very unlikely a foreign adversary is responsible” for the sometimes debilitating headaches, dizziness, memory loss, and buzzing in the ears reported by dozens of American personnel. “It's not conclusive, but it's certainly compelling that the Russians are involved in it,” former intelligence officer Marc Polymeropoulos told USA TODAY, reacting to the new report. Polymeropoulos has become a public face and advocate for curre...