As mystery over 'Havana Syndrome' lingers, a new concern emerges. Reporting by ckubeNBC and carolelee.
could be an unintentional byproduct of foreign efforts to collect intelligence from U.S. government employees’ electronic devices — and they are now concerned that America’s adversaries may have weaponized the tactic to intentionally cause physical harm.
Though inflicting harm may not have been the original intent, U.S. officials increasingly believe that whoever may be responsible is now well aware that the devices can cause debilitating symptoms and will seek to use them to target and physically harm individuals, a weapon that is difficult to trace.
“As of now, we have no definitive information about the cause of these incidents, and it is premature and irresponsible to speculate,” the spokesperson said."At this time, we do not know the cause of these incidents, which are both limited in nature and the vast majority of which have been reported overseas," the official said."We also do not know whether they constitute an attack of some kind by a foreign actor, but these are areas of active inquiry.
“At this time we do not know the cause of specific incidents,” said Army Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell, a Defense Department spokesman. “These are areas of active inquiry. There is nothing that the Department takes more seriously than the safety, health and welfare of our personnel serving around the globe in defense of our values and freedoms.”U.S. officials believe Russia is behind the suspected attacks, but they don’t have conclusive evidence.
In an interview Tuesday, John Bolton, a former national security adviser in the Trump administration, said he had no doubt the people who reported symptoms were victims of an energy attack.
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