
娜·齐尔·德·格拉纳多斯。两位作者揭开了围绕美国驻古巴大使馆及世界各地其他美国驻外机构“声波攻击”的谜团,在这些事件中,外交官们报告称遭受了脑损伤和其他严重疾病。中央情报局和联邦调查局称其为“一桩集体癔症案例”,但一份报告指出,这是快速脉冲微波攻击,一种苏联技术。
by Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados. The authors unpack the mystery surrounding the “sonic attacks” at the US Embassy in Cuba and other American posts around the world, in which diplomats reported suffering brain damage and other severe ailments. The CIA and FBI called it “a case of mass hysteria,” but a report pointed to rapid-pulse microwave assaults, a Soviet technology.
作者表示,尽管美国予以否认,但美国可能也拥有这种“没有已知防御手段的隐形武器”,而包括贩毒集团在内的其他方面也可能拥有它。《柯克斯评论》称,这本书是“对一种可怕技术——以及同样可怕的、笼罩着它的沉默——的猛烈揭露”。请到当地书店购买《哈瓦那综合征》。
The authors say that despite its denial, the US might also have this “stealth weapon with no known defense,” and others, including drug cartels, may have it as well. The book is “a blistering exposé of a frightening technology — and the equally frightening silence shrouding it,” Kirkus Reviews said. Buy The Havana Syndrome from your local bookstore. — Kate McKenna