On COI #178, Alan MacLeod \u2013 writer at FAIR and Mint Press News \u2013 joins Kyle Anzalone to discuss the facts and fictions of direct energy weapons and Havana Syndrome. Starting in 2016, Americans at the US Embassy in Cuba reported feeling headaches, nausea and brain fog. The Trump administration encouraged everyone at the embassy to report when they were not generally feeling well. A rash of cases of various symptoms were then lumped into a novel ailment, the so-called \u2018Havana Syndrome.\u2019 However, the \u201cillness\u201d still has no identified cause and its alleged symptoms vary wildly from person-to-person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nonetheless, the lack of any scientific or medical evidence has not stopped the US government and media from claiming the \u2018syndrome\u2019 is a result of attacks directed by China, Russia or another American \u2018adversary.\u2019 Now, the number of Havana Syndrome cases has topped 200, with some patients even retiring due to the supposedly debilitating effects of the illness. The corporate press has rolled this narrative into Russiagate as well, claiming Trump\u2019s CIA downplayed the Havana Syndrome simply to maintain relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/span><\/p>\n Alan points out that while the Havana Syndrome is a fiction, the US government is, in fact, working to develop directed energy weapons. Alan explains how they are currently used on the battlefield, and how the tech might evolve in the future.\u00a0<\/span>‘<\/p>\n Subscribe on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0audio-only<\/a>.<\/p>\n