Did Cuban Intelligence Botched A Surveillance Operation That Resulted In The Injuring Of U.S. And Canadian Diplomats?

The American Embassy in Havana. Experts suspect there was a sonic attack on United States diplomats in their homes, which are provided by the Cuban government. Credit Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters

Julian Borger, Guardian: Botched surveillance job may have led to strange injuries at US embassy in Cuba

At first thought to be a deliberate attack, the outbreak of mysterious symptoms may be the result of shoddy espionage equipment, experts say.

An outbreak of hearing loss and other health problems affecting at least 16 employees at the US embassy in Havana could have been caused by an electronic surveillance operation that went wrong, former intelligence officials said on Friday.

The state department said it was investigating the outbreak, and that some of the worst affected diplomats had been evacuated to Miami for examination and treatment.

“This is something that we have not experienced in the past,” Heather Nauert, the department’s spokeswoman, said. “We are working very hard to try to take care of our folks who are there on official duty – and trying to provide them all the care and the treatment and the support that they would need.”

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WNU Editor: As I had mentioned in my August 24 post , the Cuban government watches these diplomatic outposts and embassies very closely, this just cannot happen out of the blue and/or by someone else not affiliated with the government ....

.... Cuba is still a Communist state, and the government watches everything, especially foreign compounds, installations, and embassies. The Cuban government damn well knows what is happening.

And while Julian Borger is doing a lot of speculating in the above Guardian post, my gut is telling me that he is probably onto something.