Washington: A CIA officer who was traveling with agency director William Burns to India this month reported symptoms according to Havana syndrome, CNN and therefore the ny Times reported on Monday.
The victim, who wasn’t identified, had to receive medical attention, CNN reported, citing unnamed sources.
Some 200 U.S. officials and relations are sickened by Havana syndrome, a mysterious set of ailments that include migraines, nausea, memory lapses and dizziness. it had been first reported by officials based within the U.S. embassy in Cuba in 2016.
A CIA spokesperson said during a statement to Reuters the agency doesn’t discuss specific incidents or officers. “We have protocols in situ for when individuals report possible anomalous health incidents that include receiving appropriate medical treatment,” the spokesperson said.
Last month, vice chairman Kamala Harris delayed her arrival to Hanoi for 3 hours after the U.S. embassy there said someone had reported a health incident according to Havana syndrome.
Burns said in July he had tapped a senior officer who once led the search for Osama bin Laden to go a task force investigating the syndrome.
A U.S. National Academy of Sciences panel found that the foremost plausible theory is that “directed, pulsed frequency energy” causes the syndrome.
Burns has said there’s a “very strong possibility” that the syndrome is intentionally caused which Russia might be responsible.
