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Did you read the article? If you did then you’re being purposely misleading about what you read. The article was about the many non-CIA officers affected. There

Did you read the article? If you did then you’re being purposely misleading about what you read. The article was about the many non-CIA officers affected. There is plenty of evidence of brain injury, just no evidence of how it happened or what agent(s) caused it. And how about the coincidence that the hard line position of the new US government lines up perfectly with the desires of hard line Cubans, Russia, and China. You insinuate that the new administration is the only group of people in the world interested in scuttling normalization.

owenmarshall 8y ago
> There is plenty of evidence of brain injury >> In fact, aside from the victims’ accounts, there was no conclusive evidence that anyone in Cuba was attacked at all. >> an investigation carried out by Canada and Cuba has thus far found no evidence of attacks. >> After the study was published, JAMA received letters from other specialists, arguing that the study was flawed, especially in neglecting psychological explanations. >> "After a year and a half, the most powerful nation on earth hasn’t been able to present one single piece of evidence" >> But he acknowledged that more data were needed to convince skeptics that the syndrome was real. He said his team was awaiting “potential tangible evidence” from a new neuroimaging study involving the victims. > You insinuate that the new administration is the only group of people in the world interested in scuttling normalization Sure, plenty of other parties interested in stopping the normalization of relationships exist. But their state intelligence agents aren't the ones claiming injury from a mysterious attack that no one seems to be able to prove happened. > The article was about the many non-CIA officers affected. Psychosomatic illnesses are a real thing. They can cause real and serious impact to people's health. A psychosomatic illness arising after the stress of living and working in a country that has been "the enemy" for six decades, after being told that you will be under "constant surveillance by Cuban intelligence", after their intelligence agents make it clear to you that you're under surveillance? After three agents of your state intelligence suddenly come down with a mysterious, unexplainable illness? Seems entirely plausible to me.
- richardbdrowley 8y ago
  And what about the people who suffered this without any prior warning?

owenmarshall 8y ago

> There is plenty of evidence of brain injury >> In fact, aside from the victims’ accounts, there was no conclusive evidence that anyone in Cuba was attacked at all. >> an investigation carried out by Canada and Cuba has thus far found no evidence of attacks. >> After the study was published, JAMA received letters from other specialists, arguing that the study was flawed, especially in neglecting psychological explanations. >> "After a year and a half, the most powerful nation on earth hasn’t been able to present one single piece of evidence" >> But he acknowledged that more data were needed to convince skeptics that the syndrome was real. He said his team was awaiting “potential tangible evidence” from a new neuroimaging study involving the victims. > You insinuate that the new administration is the only group of people in the world interested in scuttling normalization Sure, plenty of other parties interested in stopping the normalization of relationships exist. But their state intelligence agents aren't the ones claiming injury from a mysterious attack that no one seems to be able to prove happened. > The article was about the many non-CIA officers affected. Psychosomatic illnesses are a real thing. They can cause real and serious impact to people's health. A psychosomatic illness arising after the stress of living and working in a country that has been "the enemy" for six decades, after being told that you will be under "constant surveillance by Cuban intelligence", after their intelligence agents make it clear to you that you're under surveillance? After three agents of your state intelligence suddenly come down with a mysterious, unexplainable illness? Seems entirely plausible to me.

richardbdrowley 8y ago
And what about the people who suffered this without any prior warning?