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Hearing Loss of US Diplomats In Cuba Is Blamed On Covert Device (bostonglobe.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the acoustic-attack dept.

bsharma shares a report from The Boston Globe: The two-year-old U.S. diplomatic relationship with Cuba was roiled Wednesday by what U.S. officials say was a string of bizarre incidents that left a group of American diplomats in Havana with severe hearing loss attributed to a covert sonic device. In the fall of 2016, a series of U.S. diplomats began suffering unexplained losses of hearing, according to officials with knowledge of the investigation into the case. Several of the diplomats were recent arrivals at the embassy, which reopened in 2015 as part of former President Barack Obama's reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. Some of the diplomats' symptoms were so severe that they were forced to cancel their tours early and return to the United States, officials said. After months of investigation, U.S. officials concluded that the diplomats had been exposed to an advanced device that operated outside the range of audible sound and had been deployed either inside or outside their residences. It was not immediately clear if the device was a weapon used in a deliberate attack, or had some other purpose.

5 of 224 comments (clear)

  1. Damn that Roadrunner... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another mishipment by the ACME Corporation.

  2. I HEAR Cuba is a wonderful place to live by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What?

  3. An eye for an eye? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "They sent us some Kanye West cd's, let's pay them back in kind"...?

  4. Is that you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Bacardí, is that you?

  5. Re:Remind me... by kilfarsnar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, because "odumba" could have predicted something that would happen two years after relations with Cuba were re-opened and they would be using a "sonic device" the likes of which are unproven to exist. If Obama was actually that powerful, you really should be afraid of him like you're pretending to be.

    The US government has has sonic weapons since the 60's. Obama was a terrorist infiltrator, no other reason every single policy he implemented would be made to harm the US, even the libtards get things right on occasion if only by chance.

    LOL, where do you guys get this stuff?

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