W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 1 这个虽然不确定但是至少有助于减轻古巴和中国压力。另外确实一般中古也不会傻到在
自己领土上攻击美国外交官。得不到任何好处还粘一身屎。
U.S. officials suspect Russia in mystery 'attacks' on diplomats in
Cuba, China
The strong suspicion that Russia was behind the alleged attacks is backed by
signals intelligence, meaning intercepted communications, say U.S.
officials.
by Josh Lederman, Courtney Kube, Abigail Williams and Ken Dilanian / Sep.11.
2018 / 3:42 AM ET
Russia suspected in Cuba 'sonic attacks' against US diplomats
WASHINGTON — Intelligence agencies investigating mysterious "attacks&#
34; that led to brain injuries in U.S. personnel in Cuba and China consider
Russia to be the main suspect, three U.S. officials and two others briefed
on the investigation tell NBC News.
The suspicion that Russia is likely behind the alleged attacks is backed up
by evidence from communications intercepts, known in the spy world as
signals intelligence, amassed during a lengthy and ongoing investigation
involving the FBI, the CIA and other U.S. agencies. The officials declined
to elaborate on the nature of the intelligence.
The evidence is not yet conclusive enough, however, for the U.S. to formally
assign blame to Moscow for incidents that started in late 2016 and have
continued in 2018, causing a major rupture in U.S.-Cuba relations.
Since last year, the U.S. military has been working to reverse-engineer the
weapon or weapons used to harm the diplomats, according to Trump
administration officials, congressional aides and others briefed on the
investigation, including by testing various devices on animals. As part of
that effort, the U.S. has turned to the Air Force and its directed energy
research program at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, where the
military has giant lasers and advanced laboratories to test high-power
electromagnetic weapons, including microwaves.
Although the U.S. believes sophisticated microwaves or another type of
electromagnetic weapon were likely used on the U.S. government workers, they
are also exploring the possibility that one or more additional technologies
were also used, possibly in conjunction with microwaves, officials and
others involved in the government's investigation say.
The U.S. has said 26 government workers were injured in unexplained attacks
at their homes and hotels in Havana starting in late 2016, causing brain
injuries, hearing loss and problems with cognition, balance, vision and
hearing problems. Strange sounds heard by the workers initially led
investigators to suspect a sonic weapon, but the FBI later determined sound
waves by themselves couldn't have caused the injuries.
This year, one U.S. worker in China was diagnosed with similar symptoms
after hearing bizarre sounds in Guangzhou, and more from China are being
tested.
'Microwave weapon' suspected in illness of US embassy workers
The precise motive remains unclear, but the incidents have driven a wedge
between the U.S. and Cuba that has led Washington to remove most of its
diplomats and spies from the island. Early in the investigation, senior U.S.
officials raised the possibility the illnesses were unintended consequences
of some new spying technology. But the fact the incidents continued long
after they became publicly known has cast doubt on the possibility that the
damage was accidental.
In testimony before Congress last week, State Department officials were
unanimous that the incidents should be considered "attacks."
"The State Department has come to the determination that they were
attacks," Ambassador Peter Boode, who leads the task force responding to
the incidents, told a House Foreign Affairs Committee panel.
A U.S. official separately tells NBC News that the U.S. has "no reason
to believe this was anything but an intentional act."
If Russia did use a futuristic weapon to damage the brains of U.S. personnel
, it would mark a stunning escalation in Russian aggression toward Western
nations, compounded recently by the use of a military-grade nerve agent to
poison an ex-spy and his daughter in Britain. Although the full extent of
the resulting diplomatic fallout is difficult to predict, a determination
that Russia was behind the Cuba attacks would trigger outrage in Congress
and foreign capitals and calls for an immediate, concerted response,
especially as President Donald Trump faces continued questions about his
willingness to challenge Russia and President Vladimir Putin.
Russian government officials did not immediately respond to requests for
comment.
A Russian-made Lada car passes by the Russian Embassy in Havana
A Russian-made Lada car passes by the Russian Embassy in Havana on Dec. 12,
2017.Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters file
In a statement, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said, “The
investigation is ongoing. We have made no determination on who or what is
responsible for the health attacks.”
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment.
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The strong U.S. suspicion that Russia is behind the incidents means that
Cuba's government is no longer considered the likely culprit. Still,
officials did not rule out the possibility that the Cuban intelligence
services may have offered the Russians some level of cooperation or tacit
consent. Russian intelligence agencies operate in force in Cuba, as do
Chinese spies, officials say.
Cuba's government has repeatedly denied any knowledge of or involvement
in attacks on Americans in Cuba, and has argued there is no evidence the
attacks even took place. The U.S. maintains that whoever perpetrated the
attacks, Cuba bears responsibility for failing to protect U.S. diplomats on
Cuban soil.
Although the U.S. has never disclosed their identities, officials tell NBC
News that in addition to State Department diplomats, the victims include
multiple CIA officers, at least one member of the U.S. military, and
representatives of other agencies.
The exact medical syndrome remains a mystery even to the University of
Pennsylvania physicians treating the patients.
In the search for answers, on Aug. 14 the U.S. convened officials from the
Energy Department, the National Institutes of Health, the State Department
and the Canadian government at the Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore
, California, according to State Department medical officials. U.S. experts
attending a neurotrauma conference in Toronto were linked in by
videoconference as Penn physicians presented their most recent technical
findings. But the summit ended with no new medical revelations.
Staff stand within the United States embassy facility in Havana, Cuba on
Sept. 29, 2017.
Staff stand within the United States embassy facility in Havana, Cuba on
Sept. 29, 2017.Desmond Boylan / AP file
In response to the incidents, the Trump administration last year issued a
travel notice urging all Americans to stay away from Cuba and sharply
reduced the number of U.S. diplomats posted to its embassy in Havana.
By September 2017, it appeared the attacks had stopped. But then new
incidents were reported in April and May of 2018, leading to two new
confirmed cases.
One of the new cases, a worker sent to Havana on temporary assignment to
fill a vacancy, was hit within just a few hours of arriving in the country,
two individuals briefed on the incident told NBC News.
Around the same time, in May, the State Department disclosed that a worker
posted to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China, had also reported
unexplained sounds and then been diagnosed with brain injury and symptoms
consistent with the Cuba cases. It's unclear how firmly U.S. evidence
indicating Russia was behind the Cuba cases extends to China, where the
investigation is still in the early stages.
In the meantime, the United States still has found no way to mitigate the
risk for diplomats posted to Cuba or China. State Department officials tell
NBC News that in the last few weeks, the State Department started granting
additional "incentive pay" to entice diplomats to serve in Havana
despite the risk and the fact that because of the danger, they cannot bring
their families. | d******w
发帖数: 2213 | 2 声波武器能定向到几个美国外交官，不伤害其他人员？有这么先进的武器，以后还要暗
杀干啥。 | k*******g
发帖数: 7321 | 3 就是美国左逼使馆公务员，想多拿补助
要不就是借口调回国内．
估计过两天，美国使馆公务员还会编出 被外星人强奸的理由． | s******7
发帖数: 1758 | 4 声波袭击，得傻鸡巴到什么程度才会信这个。
美帝政屁轮子收得太多了，天天听轮子讲土共微波人脑，编出来的。 | f******t
发帖数: 19544 | 5 中国有啥压力，都是小报在炒作，中国政府根本没收到美帝政府抱怨。
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【在 W*****B 的大作中提到】
: 这个虽然不确定但是至少有助于减轻古巴和中国压力。另外确实一般中古也不会傻到在
: 自己领土上攻击美国外交官。得不到任何好处还粘一身屎。
: U.S. officials suspect Russia in mystery 'attacks' on diplomats in
: Cuba, China
: The strong suspicion that Russia was behind the alleged attacks is backed by
: signals intelligence, meaning intercepted communications, say U.S.
: officials.
: by Josh Lederman, Courtney Kube, Abigail Williams and Ken Dilanian / Sep.11.
: 2018 / 3:42 AM ET
: Russia suspected in Cuba 'sonic attacks' against US diplomats
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