Fmr CIA Officer: Agency Covered Up Havana Syndrome Attacks

A former CIA officer who suffers from the so-called Havana syndrome says the agency covered up the attacks, reports Todayville.

The report comes a week after a bipartisan Senate Intelligence panel criticized the CIA's response to so-called Havana syndrome health problems among its workforce, saying many individuals did not receive adequate care.

The report cast no new light on the causes of the headaches, nausea, memory lapses, dizziness, and other ailments that were first reported by U.S. embassy officials in the Cuban capital Havana in 2016.

But a report released last month by Rep. Rick Crawford, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, stated that there was "reliable evidence" the AHIs, or "anomalous health incidents," are the work of "foreign adversaries" and said the intelligence community had attempted to "thwart the Subcommittee's investigative efforts to uncover the truth at every turn."

"It's a coverup and it's terrifying and it should be terrifying to all Americans," the CIA whistleblower, identified only as Alice, told Todayville of the report.

"Thank God they're saying it. Thank God they were brave enough to stand up to the CIA."

Alice went further, "If they're politicizing this, what else are they not telling the president and that's scary. That's where it becomes more real."

Alice told Todayville that she started experiencing symptoms in 2021 when she was serving in Africa. Today, she takes medicine to manage chronic headaches, balance issues, nerve pain, eye-tracking disorders, and memory lapses among others.

She thinks Russia is to blame.

"I believe the Russian GRU [Russian military intelligence] came to my house late at night and took me off the battlefield," she said.

"I was paid for my brain. I was paid for my ability to write well and to write for the president. I was paid to meet with foreigners and to get information that would help advance U.S. security objectives ... and I can't do that anymore the way I used to, and it's really, that’s one of the hardest parts.”

She said she wants the CIA to take ownership and help her.

"The CIA is betraying and not just betraying but making friends of mine and my life a living hell," she told the news outlet.

"I want them to stop hurting my friends. I want them to give everyone I care about medical care and Havana Act payments and to take care of us in the long term. I want them to stop denying what is happening to us and so there can be opportunities to collect the information that we need so that we can prevent this from happening to more people."

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