The mystery of the so-called Havana syndrome points in a very specific direction. Russia.
“If my mother had seen what I have seen, she would say 'it's the Russians, stupid!'” emphasizes Greg Edgreen, lieutenant colonel of the United States Army who was in charge of the investigation opened at the time by the Pentagon. Now, in an investigation carried out by CBS, The Insider and Der Spiegel, Edgreen appears on the 60 Minutes program to directly link the Kremlin with “the anomalous health incidents” that American diplomats began to experience in the mission in the Cuban capital. although similar cases were later repeated in diplomatic delegations in other cities around the world.
The first case was detected in Havana in 2016, although it is now pointed out that there could have been precedents in Germany in 2014. In all this time there have been more than a hundred reports of possible people affected by these ailments that scientists consider to be They can be caused by a microwave beam or acoustic ultrasound. According to this long-running media investigation, Moscow would be the author of these symptoms of discomfort – dizziness or headaches mentioned by personnel from the White House, the CIA or the FBI – through the use of sonic weapons. The Kremlin denied the accusation yesterday.
“Unfortunately I cannot be more explicit because this is classified material, but I can guarantee that from almost the beginning the focus was on Moscow,” insists Edgreen.
Official intelligence sources have not established this direct link between the syndrome and Russia. But John Bolton, former national security advisor under Trump, assured this Monday that the government of which he was part did very little to investigate, although he believes Moscow's fault is more than feasible and that they have the means.
Victims are frustrated by the executive's hesitancy to point out someone responsible.
