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Energy weapon, enemy state ruled out on Havana Syndrome

Mar 7, 2023

24:05

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Did a Russian Agent Get Into a Building and Change the Air Conditioning?

02:35

Is It Possible That a Foreign Leader Used an Energy Weapon to Make People Sick?

02:13

Cuban Relations

01:49

Introduction

2min

Havana Syndrome Isn't Caused by a Foreign Adviser

2min

How Did the Biden Administration Respond to These Attacks?

2min

Havana Syndrome

2min

Is It Possible That a Foreign Leader Used an Energy Weapon to Make People Sick?

2min

Is Electropulsed Energy Really the Most Plausible Explanation for Havana Syndrome?

2min

Is the Intelligence Agency Not Taking the New Report Seriously?

4min

Cuban Relations

2min

Is This a Hostile State With a Weapon Theory?

2min

10.

Did a Russian Agent Get Into a Building and Change the Air Conditioning?

3min

11.

What Are You Thinking About When It Comes to TBI?

3min

In 2016, a handful of American and Canadian government employees working in Cuba came down with mysterious symptoms: nausea, ringing ears, headaches, and minor memory loss. Their illness came to be known as Havana Syndrome. Theories about what caused it have included microwaves fired by Russia, insecticides, and even crickets. Now, a new report from US intelligence agencies rejects the idea that an enemy with an energy weapon is to blame. Shane Harris is an Intelligence and National Security Reporter for the Washington Post. He has spoken to sources who’ve seen the new report, and walks us through its findings. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts