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"At least two [!] U.S. officials stationed in Germany sought [...]and some [!] victims were left unable to work". I'm not a native speaker, but two officials h

"At least two [!] U.S. officials stationed in Germany sought [...]and some [!] victims were left unable to work". I'm not a native speaker, but two officials had troubles, and "some" of these two are unable to work. "“There is no evidence about what happened to us, but it is striking that some of us had worked on Russia-related issues,” said the worker, who declined to be named." So the weapon also knows on what people work on? Or should we assume a perfect infiltration of the US intelligence aparatus by the Russians so they know what person is working on what? Or who is sitting where? But not only that, but "In some cases, the symptoms have persisted after the relocation, leading security services to believe that the people targeted have been tracked down to their new residence." And the weapon can detect nationality (if not targetting appartments but the embassy), as "Some 20 American officials in Austria have reported the mysterious symptoms—the largest number since Cuba" and no Austrian is affected. I do think this is a really badly written article.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> two officials had troubles No, multiple officials had troubles, and the number (beyond that it is multiple) is not being released because they were (in part) in sensitive intelligence work and revealing the number affected would itself be providing valuable information to hostile intelligence actors. > So the weapon also knows on what people work on? More likely, the people using the weapon do, or know the particular specific locations where that work is done, or know what work someone is doing and are targeting others by association. > Or should we assume a perfect infiltration of the US intelligence aparatus by the Russians so they know what person is working on what? It wouldn't be unprecedented for the Russians (or, at least, their Soviet predecessors) to have high-level penetration of major Western (counter/)intelligence services. Ames and Hanssen in the US, the Cambridge ring in the UK, etc.

dragonwriter 5y ago

> two officials had troubles No, multiple officials had troubles, and the number (beyond that it is multiple) is not being released because they were (in part) in sensitive intelligence work and revealing the number affected would itself be providing valuable information to hostile intelligence actors. > So the weapon also knows on what people work on? More likely, the people using the weapon do, or know the particular specific locations where that work is done, or know what work someone is doing and are targeting others by association. > Or should we assume a perfect infiltration of the US intelligence aparatus by the Russians so they know what person is working on what? It wouldn't be unprecedented for the Russians (or, at least, their Soviet predecessors) to have high-level penetration of major Western (counter/)intelligence services. Ames and Hanssen in the US, the Cambridge ring in the UK, etc.