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PREVIEW: #CUBA: excerpt from a conversation with colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady of WSJ re the mystery of the "Havana Syndrome," dating to 2016, and both affirmed and denied since -- and now the latest clues of a Russian GRU unit and an energy weapon: h

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: #CUBA: excerpt from a conversation with colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady of WSJ re the mystery of the "Havana Syndrome," dating to 2016, and both affirmed and denied since -- and now the latest clues of a Russian GRU unit and an energy weapon: here is Mary O'Ogrady on what we have so far and crediting an investigation in Florida. More in the coming weeks, months.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/havana-syndrome-revisited-cuba-russia-kremlin-us-intelligence-polymeropoulos-brain-diagnosis-28506aa1

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0:00.0

This is John Bachelor, conversation with Mary Anastasia Grady, the America's columnist at the

0:05.1

Wall Street Journal editorial page.

0:07.9

The conversation mostly turns on Venezuela and its bad acting in the region, especially bullying, intimidating and threatening

0:16.9

neighboring Guyana.

0:18.4

However, at the close, Mary and I turn to a topic that's come back again, the so-called Havana Syndrome. This is a mystery

0:26.9

beginning in the Havana embassy in 2015-2016 of something making the embassy workers ill or disoriented in some fashion.

0:39.4

It has a history that's bouncing around, denied, endorsed, mentioned again. And recently it's come

0:47.5

back in the news. I saw the Reuters report. Mary fills in the details here of

0:52.1

where she first heard of the credible report a year

0:56.6

past this is a column she wrote in March of 2023 subsequent to that there was dismissal by US authorities and then suddenly

1:07.6

revelations an investigation group out of Latvia an investigation group out of

1:14.0

out of Germany and American television 60 minutes.

1:17.2

Here's what we know so far, pointing to the future.

1:20.0

It's not concluded yet.

1:21.3

It's mysterious. There's a Russian secret unit mentioned. There's an energy weapon.

1:26.1

There are people who are sick. There are denials. There are enforcements. There's investigation.

1:31.2

Mary Anastasio Grady, pointing to another unit that helped understand this story in Florida.

1:37.0

Mary, we have about a minute, and I want to point out to everyone listening that you wrote a column in March of

1:44.6

2023 entitled Havana Syndrome Revisited. Recently there's been

1:49.5

reporting and I'm looking at Reuters that updates this so it's Havana Syndrome revisited

1:56.0

and the mention in the investigation by a lot feeling group by 60 minutes

2:01.0

by derspeagle in Germany mentions a Russian military intelligence unit

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