As I wrote earlier, the CIA is whitewashing so-called “Havana Syndrome.” One piece of evidence for this is that its new report contradicts the intelligence community’s established knowledge about the Russians’ possession of radio frequency weapons.

In 2016, the National Security Agency’s then-Counterintelligence Director Kemp Ensor reported to the agency evidence supporting the conclusion that former NSA officer Mike Beck and colleague Charles Gubete had been targeted with such a weapon in 1996 (Beck and Gubete were in Russia at the time). Both contracted early onset Parkinson’s disease, they believe as a result of their exposure to the weapon. Gubete has since died. Beck has fought a long and largely fruitless battle for NSA recognition and compensation for his on-the-job injury.