EXCLUSIVE: US Government Analysis of Suspect Device is 'Far Advanced'
TOP LINE: NEW FINDINGS
While the U.S. government’s undercover operation to obtain a device that may be behind debilitating brain and neurological injuries known as Havana Syndrome has been widely reported, I am sharing new findings about the technical analysis.
The findings matter because I have confirmed a new cluster of suspected directed energy attacks on U.S. soil.
DEEP DIVE: 'THEIR FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER IT'
Attribution for a device obtained by the U.S. government and suspected of a link to Havana Syndrome is 'far advanced,' according to national security sources, based on where and how it was obtained as well as analysis of the device’s technical signature.
I am told the device’s components are indicative of a particular actor whose research and development of directed-energy technology is well known to the U.S. intelligence and defense communities.
In the same way a homemade bomb or improvised explosive device has unique hallmarks of its bomb maker, the same can be said of the assembly of directed-energy devices.
In this case, I understand the technical analysis has revealed a distinct signature. National security sources stopped short of explicitly naming the likely adversary, but said the findings have “their fingerprints all over it.”
While the device is described as portable, and programmable, those who investigate directed-energy technology acknowledge the likelihood of multiple devices in existence, as well as proliferating technology.
SPIKE IN REPORTED DOMESTIC INCIDENTS
Earlier this month, I exclusively revealed that more than two dozen suspected incidents have recently been reported inside the United States, including a significant cluster of cases at an off-site U.S. government intelligence and research facility in Northern Virginia, according to my sources.
Further, within the last three months, I understand that at least two senior U.S. government personnel working on directed-energy-related projects have reported suspected directed energy incidents in the greater Washington, D.C., area.
The mysterious constellation of injuries known as Havana Syndrome takes its name from a cluster of cases in Cuba in 2016. Many subsequent cases involved government personnel whose portfolios touched on Russia or perceived Russian interests. It impacts spies, diplomats, military personnel and civilians.
U.S. GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL INVESTIGATING DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY REPORT BEING TARGETED
In what may be a significant departure from previous targeting, I have documented a cluster of cases, several in 2021, involving U.S. government personnel investigating directed-energy weapon technology, as well as efforts to reverse-engineer a directed-energy device.
Some victims report multiple attacks over a period of months, including at their government workplace and at their home.
A working theory is that the initial incident or 'priming attack' confirms the target, in addition to injuring the brain. The follow-on, or “finishing,” attacks inflict even more damage to an already weakened individual. Experts in the field emphasize the injuries can get progressively worse over time.
In February, in his first on-camera interview, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Space Force, whom I agreed to call “Chris,” detailed five separate directed-energy weapon attacks at his Northern Virginia home throughout 2020. His wife, “Heidi,” a civilian is collateral damage in the attacks.
Chris said the directed-energy exposure caused more than 40 confirmed symptoms, including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which have been validated as “service connected” by VA records.
He attributed the attacks to Russia targeting his classified intelligence work and links Russia to prior surveillance. Chris urged full U.S. government acknowledgment, including the Purple Heart, to counter this evolving threat.
Chris and Heidi were later interviewed by 60 Minutes.
Chris and Heidi’s unique injuries were an indicator that there may be a shift in targeting and an evolution and/or refinement of the technology.
TECHNOLOGY HAS EVOLVED AND PROLIFERATED
Injuries affecting the autonomic nervous system are now being reported by Havana Syndrome survivors. The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary body processes such as breathing, digestion, body temperature, and heart rate.
For example, some Havana Syndrome survivors report heart arrhythmia, even being candidates for pacemakers, after a suspected directed-energy incident.
SPY-ON-SPY HARASSMENT
Havana Syndrome survivors also describe harassment: surveillance, slashed car tires, dead animals on their doorsteps, and evidence of home intrusions such as cigarette butts and hairs—the trademark of a foreign intelligence service.
Sources report the harassment looks identical to what you would see and expect in overseas postings in hostile nations. A kind of old-school spy-on-spy harassment.
Asked in my July interview if the CIA supported DNI Gabbard’s investigation into injured government personnel, CIA whistleblower James Erdman III said his team uncovered a whistleblower complaint that Havana Syndrome documents were destroyed.
“I can’t go into too much detail other than to say that information was given to the CIA to take action. It was passed from the principal deputy director’s office over to the deputy director’s office, as I understand it, and nothing has happened. The individual responsible for destroying those records still works at the Counterintelligence Mission Center.”
In April 2025, my investigation with former counterintelligence officer Mike Beck revealed the progressive nature of these brain injuries. Beck was hit in 1996, diagnosed with a Parkinson’s-like disorder, and passed away earlier this year.
In response to my investigation, DNI Gabbard launched a review of two Biden-era intelligence assessments that had concluded it was highly unlikely a foreign adversary and novel weapon were involved.
DEFECTIVE BIDEN-ERA INTELLIGENCE REPORTS RECALLED
In one of her last acts as the nation’s top intelligence official, then-DNI Gabbard retracted the two defective Biden-era assessments into Havana Syndrome or Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs.)
Erdman said a final report, by DNI Gabbard’s investigative team known as the Director's Initiatives Group or DIG, is still not public, among other outstanding issues.
“I think it’s very, very important that the government declassify all information related to that acquisition. It’s already in the public press. I think it’s important to have a full public hearing on things that are harming not just intelligence officers, but the Department of War, military personnel, civilians. So I sincerely hope that part of the declassification efforts that go forward address all aspects of what has come out in public reporting,” Erdman said.
I twice asked the CIA, DoW, DHS, and DNI for comment about the analysis of the device, the uptick in suspected domestic attacks, the status of the DNI Gabbard report and other related matters.
While the CIA confirmed receipt of my questions, no responses were provided. I will update my reporting if and when comment becomes available.
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