Re:U.S. Officials in Germany Hit by Havana Syndrome
by ganoushoreilly on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:09AM
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Not entirely true, many embassies and facilities hire local nationals to work and operate within the grounds.
Re:U.S. Officials in Germany Hit by Havana Syndrome
by KingOfCoders on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:48PM
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Yes so the interesting question is: Do these nationals also get sick or not?
Re:U.S. Officials in Germany Hit by Havana Syndrome
by ashildr on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:53PM
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This would be an excellent data point.
Re:U.S. Officials in Germany Hit by Havana Syndrome
by twic on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:11AM
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Note that many of the 'attacks' happened when staff were at home, not in the embassies. So this would have to be some sort of spytech deployed in diplomats' homes.
Re:U.S. Officials in Germany Hit by Havana Syndrome
by spywaregorilla on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:13AM
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How do you know that? If they all work at the same embassy, it seems much more likely that an attack was made on the embassy that manifested into symptoms later on, at home.
Re:U.S. Officials in Germany Hit by Havana Syndrome
by twic on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:17AM
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"What no one disputes is that, beginning in late 2016 and continuing until August 2017, a total of 24 US diplomatic personnel stationed in Havana, Cuba, experienced audible or sensory phenomena emanating from a distinct direction. When they moved, the sensation disappeared or lessened. Some described pressure-like or vibratory stimuli akin to air “baffling” inside a moving car when a single window is partially rolled down. The stimuli lasted for as little as 20 seconds to as long as 30 minutes.
"The diplomats experienced the stimuli in their homes or hotel rooms, although family members and other hotel guests remained unaffected. Immediately or in the days and weeks after, the subjects reported an array of neurological impairments, including disorders of balance, sleep, vision, hearing or cognition. Headaches were also frequently reported." [1]
[1] https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2018/0322...
Re:U.S. Officials in Germany Hit by Havana Syndrome
by spywaregorilla on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:25AM
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That doesn't really contradict anything I said?
Only US officials work in US military/intelligence (which all embassies are to an extent) installations. If it's something they deployed, e.g. some new surveillance or security tech, it makes sense that it would affect people working there. And the US intelligence community would probably rather have a few people get inconvenienced than not use their toys.