Tag: Ahi

  • Havana Syndrome and the Cars at the Center of Catherine Herridge’s New Report

    Catherine Herridge has reported a striking new allegation in the Havana syndrome investigation: since early August, a senior official at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and a senior defense official involved in directed energy technology have reported being targeted. According to Herridge, the incidents involved suspicious vehicles that may have contained a directed energy device. That word matters. The report raises the possibility of attacks on U.S. soil, but the material made public so far does not establish that the vehicles carried a device or that an attack occurred.

    The cars are the part of this story that demands the closest scrutiny. A vehicle could allow someone to approach a target, move away quickly and change locations. But a suspicious car near someone who becomes ill is not, by itself, evidence that the car caused the illness. Investigators need to establish where the vehicles were, who occupied them, whether any equipment was detected, and whether medical findings and other records support the reported sequence of events. Those are questions that can be investigated without dismissing the officials’ accounts.

    Herridge’s reporting also refers to a government analysis of a suspected device described as “far advanced.” Even if that analysis is accurate, it does not yet connect the device to these particular vehicles or incidents. The broader intelligence picture has been contested: a publicly released 2025 assessment said most U.S. intelligence agencies continued to judge foreign involvement in anomalous health incidents very unlikely, while two agencies had become more open to the possibility of a foreign capability.  Neither that assessment nor the new allegation should be treated as the final word on the reported car incidents.

    Herridge says she sought comment from the CIA, defense and homeland security officials, and the DNI’s office about the device analysis and suspected domestic attacks. She reported that the CIA acknowledged receiving her questions but that she had received no substantive response. Silence does not confirm the allegations, yet these claims warrant a clear accounting from the agencies that can examine the evidence.

    If the vehicles were used to target officials, the implications for their safety and national security would be grave. If the evidence points elsewhere, the people who reported symptoms still deserve a careful investigation and appropriate care. The public deserves to know what investigators can substantiate about the cars, the suspected device and any connection between them. That is where this potentially explosive story must go next.

  • Are TIs Close To An Answer Given New Havana Syndrome Decision?

    Catherine Herridge reported today that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has rescinded two Biden-era Intelligence Community Assessments related to Havana Syndrome and Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs). According to Herridge’s reporting, the decision was based on concerns that the original assessments suffered from analytic bias, selectively excluded evidence, mischaracterized intelligence, and relied on what Gabbard reportedly described as an ethically flawed medical study.

    Source: https://x.com/c__herridge/status/2065142509370581071

    The significance of this decision cannot be overstated. For years, many of those who reported suffering debilitating neurological symptoms believed the government had already reached a final verdict on their cases. The prevailing intelligence assessments effectively closed the door on the possibility that a foreign adversary, a novel technology, or a directed energy weapon could be responsible for injuries experienced by diplomats, intelligence officers, military personnel, and others.

    According to Herridge’s reporting, that door has now been reopened.

    What makes this development particularly important is not that it proves any specific explanation. It does not. Rather, it challenges the assumption that the previous conclusions were beyond question. If the Director of National Intelligence has determined that the assessments suffered from analytic bias, selective use of intelligence, exclusion of contradictory evidence, and flawed methodology, then the debate surrounding Havana Syndrome has fundamentally changed. The issue is no longer whether the matter was settled. The issue is whether the original investigation itself was conducted objectively and comprehensively.

    For targeted individuals and ordinary civilians who have long claimed they were victims of directed energy attacks, this decision will likely be viewed as a major turning point. For years, many of these individuals have argued that government agencies dismissed reports of unusual symptoms, neurological injuries, cognitive decline, and other health effects without fully investigating their claims. Critics frequently pointed to the Intelligence Community’s assessments as evidence that such allegations lacked credibility. The rescission of those assessments removes a powerful argument that was often used to shut down further discussion.

    At the same time, it is important to recognize what this development does and does not establish. The reported memo does not acknowledge that directed energy weapons have been used against civilians. It does not conclude that targeted individuals are correct. It does not confirm the existence of a covert campaign against members of the public. What it does suggest is that at least some senior officials believe previous analyses may have been incomplete, biased, or insufficiently rigorous.

    For those who have long maintained that advanced technologies can be used to harm individuals without leaving obvious physical evidence, the decision may be interpreted as validation of a broader concern: that unconventional injuries and unexplained neurological symptoms deserve serious investigation rather than automatic dismissal. Even if future reviews ultimately reach different conclusions, the willingness to revisit prior findings represents a departure from the perception that the case was permanently closed.

    The story of Mike Beck, as highlighted by Herridge, further underscores why this issue continues to resonate. If an experienced counterintelligence officer who believed he had been targeted spent decades seeking answers before ultimately passing away with a Parkinson’s-like condition, many will argue that the government has an obligation to ensure every credible lead is thoroughly examined. Whether one accepts the directed energy hypothesis or not, there is broad agreement that individuals reporting serious health effects deserve an unbiased investigation.

    Ultimately, the most important consequence of this decision may be procedural rather than scientific. It signals that conclusions reached by intelligence agencies are not immune from review and that questions once considered settled can be revisited when concerns arise about the integrity of the underlying analysis. For targeted individuals and civilians who feel their experiences were dismissed, that alone will be seen as a significant development. Whether it leads to definitive proof of directed energy attacks remains unknown. But it does mean that the conversation is no longer taking place under the assumption that the matter has already been conclusively resolved.