Olivia Troye: It was like this piercing feeling on the side of my head. It was like, I remember it was on the right side of my head and I, I got like vertigo.
Olivia Troye was Homeland Security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence. In our 2022 report, she told us she was hit outside the White House.
Anonymous: And then severe ear pain started. So I liken it to if you put a Q-tip too far and you bounce it off your eardrum. Well, imagine takin' a sharp pencil and just kinda pokin' that.
And this man told us he was among the first publicly known cases in 2016 from our embassy in Cuba. That's how the incidents became known as "Havana Syndrome." He's medically retired from an agency we can't name-- blind in one eye and struggling for balance.
A major medical study for the government was led by Dr. David Relman of Stanford University. In our 2022 report he told us…
Dr. David Relman: What we found was we thought clear evidence of an injury to the auditory and vestibular system of the brain. Everything starting with the inner ear where humans perceive sound and sense balance, and then translate those perceptions into brain electrical signals.
His study found, "directed pulsed (radio frequency) energy…appears to be the most plausible mechanism…" For example, a focused beam of microwaves or acoustic ultrasound. More than 100 officials or family members have unexplained, persistent, symptoms.
Everything is possible, but...He said that the best Defense Intelligence Agency officers working against Russia were "neutralized by Russia via traumatic brain injury".
But how does Russia know the identities of those officers when that is supposed to be a big secret?
@D1rectMikeyDemocrat1mo1MO
Who could have given Russia such information?
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
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@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
Do you believe the government has a responsibility to provide more transparent information and support to those affected by unexplained phenomena like Havana Syndrome?
@9L8G6LJ1mo1MO
Yes they government should be transparent about how this phenomena will affect people.
Trump kept classified documents illegaly and leaked the identities of agents and diplomats around the world.
@MildCordialUnity1mo1MO
Initially tested, considered IOC in Havana, and fielded in the Oval Office, now considered FOC.
The effects on the WH intended target worked better than intended. Target can no longer manage critical thinking and needed hypnosis to tackle stairs unimpeded by fear of falling.
@EuphoricTigerSocialist1mo1MO
Because these are case officers working under official cover from an embassy, both sides know who their counterparts are, it's not really a big secret.
What is a secret are agents these people recruit or officers working non officially (NOCs).
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