The heads of the Senate Intelligence Committee, both Republicans and Democrats, released a joint statement in late April, calling the purported occurrences “debilitating attacks” and warning that “this pattern of attacking our fellow citizens serving our government appears to be increasing.”
A group of US diplomats and other government employees suffering from so-called Havana Syndrome symptoms have criticized the Biden administration’s response and are warning that afflicted individuals are still being denied medical care, NBC News reported on Wednesday.
In a letter obtained by the outlet, the undisclosed staffers allege that the government has continued to “reject scientific evidence regarding the injuries and treatment needs” as well as “invalidate our injuries and experiences” in recent months, claiming that military and intelligence officials who have been hurt by the same inexplicable event are being taken more seriously.
The letter was submitted to Brian McKeon, a deputy secretary of state, on Tuesday, along with a list of 11 recommendations for how the administration should improve worker safety and medical care, according to the staffers. And, according to the report, several US senators received copies, and they signed a bipartisan bill last month to provide financial assistance to families affected by the mysterious episodes.
The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center tower in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. President DonaldTrump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus
The letter was reportedly written on behalf of 21 US government employees and their spouses who have been harmed overseas, notably in Cuba and China, and are suspected or proven Havana Syndrome cases. The authors had requested that Ambassador Pamela Spratlen, the official in charge of the State Department’s undertaken measures, attend a formal meeting to address their concerns in March, but they still have not received a response.
The personnel asks that examinations and medical care for all newly or potentially injured workers be centralized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where several recent injuries have been handled, according to a list of 11 requests to the administration.
The staffers also want the administration to expand diagnostic and treatment options for children with Havana Syndrome, ensure long-term monitoring of affected personnel for 10 to 20 years, and undertake baseline testing on diplomats before they’re transferred abroad, as Canada is doing now in the wake of the unexplained cases.
In its turn, the State Department reportedly stated that it received the letter and expects to discuss its contents with interested parties, as the department has “no higher priority than the safety and security of US personnel, their families, and other US citizens.”
The US media reported that these mysterious events have not only taken place in Cuba and China, but they have also expanded in scope with new reports of injuries in Russia, Western Europe, and even in the United States, with one of the recent suspected incidents occurring near the White House.
The allegations that directed-energy attacks have been carried out against US employees date back to 2016, following complaints of strange headaches, nausea, ear-popping, vertigo, and presumably brain injuries among American government officials at the embassy in Cuba. Some of the occurrences, dubbed “Havana Syndrome,” were accompanied by piercing noise, according to reports.
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