Suspicion is growing within the intelligence community and on Capitol Hill that Russia is conducting vicious attacks against Americans. Namely, as the Washington Examiner reported, intelligence is looking at focused radio frequency attacks (“microwave attacks”) against the nervous systems of U.S. government personnel serving in foreign policy or national security roles.

National security insiders believe these attacks were first tested in 1996, when two National Security Agency officers visited Russia on business. After returning home, both men suffered early onset Parkinson’s disease, with one dying in 2013. The microwave weapon issue took on added weight in late 2016, when State Department and CIA officials assigned to the newly reopened Embassy in Havana, Cuba, reported strange symptoms. These included ringing in ears, nausea, balance issues, and even nose bleeds. Similar incidents have been reported by U.S. personnel across the world since 2016, including in Eastern Europe, China, and even Washington, D.C.