Are foreign adversaries using high-tech equipment to target intelligence and military leaders as well as their families, creating long-term neurological symptoms? This has been the biggest question when discussing “Havana Syndrome” or, as it’s now known, anomalous health incidents. For years now, the U.S. intelligence community has told Americans that “mass hysteria” is the likely cause for this mysterious illness resulting in dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision, and more.

Since 2017, I have worked on investigating anomalous health incidents as part of my oversight duties on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This effort accelerated significantly in the 118th Congress, when it was declared a formal committee investigation. During this investigation, the committee has collected an incredible amount of evidence which has led me to the conclusion we have been misled about anomalous health incidents. Some of this evidence came as a shock to me even after working this issue for seven years.