NSA document reveals Russians had microwave weapon suspected in attacks
Russia’s government since the 1990s has had the type of microwave weapons that are suspected in the covert attacks on U.S. intelligence officials and diplomats that have caused what has come to be known as “Havana syndrome.” A National Security Agency document dated Oct. 16, 2014, revealed the microwave weapon in an unclassified statement. The statement is related to an incident involving two NSA counterintelligence officials working in Russia in 1996 who later suffered debilitating brain-related injuries after a suspected microwave attack. The two officials, Chuck Gubete and Mike Beck,...
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