CIA concluded that a majority of the 1,000 reported cases were likely caused by environmental causes, undiagnosed medical conditions or stress.
The Central Intelligence Agency has found that most cases of mysterious illness known as Havana Syndrome are not caused by a hostile foreign power, according to an NBC News
, offering the agency’s first insight into unexplained symptoms that have afflicted several American diplomats and CIA personnel operating abroad.... [+]NBC News, the agency could not rule out foreign involvement in around two dozen Havana Syndrome cases, and another group of cases remains unresolved.
Those unexplained cases—including many that were first reported in 2016 from the U.S. Embassy in Havana—are still being investigated by the agency. But the CIA concluded that a majority of the 1,000 cases were likely caused by environmental causes, undiagnosed medical conditions or stress instead of a sustained global campaign by an adversary, theAccording to both reports, people who have experienced possible Havana Syndrome symptoms have expressed their displeasure after being briefed on the findings.
The FBI, the Pentagon and other agencies will continue to investigate the involvement of a foreign power in a small number of cases, the NYT report added.In 2016, U.S. diplomats and intelligence personnel serving in the Cuban capital Havana began reporting strange sounds and sensations followed by a mysterious set of symptoms that included hearing and vision loss, headaches, dizziness, vertigo and nausea.
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