Fiction or Fact? Havana Syndrome & Energy Weapons guest Alan MacLeod

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On COI #178, Alan MacLeod – writer at FAIR and Mint Press News – joins Kyle Anzalone to discuss the facts and fictions of direct energy weapons and Havana Syndrome. Starting in 2016, Americans at the US Embassy in Cuba reported feeling headaches, nausea and brain fog. The Trump administration encouraged everyone at the embassy to report when they were not generally feeling well. A rash of cases of various symptoms were then lumped into a novel ailment, the so-called ‘Havana Syndrome.’ However, the “illness” still has no identified cause and its alleged symptoms vary wildly from person-to-person. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nonetheless, the lack of any scientific or medical evidence has not stopped the US government and media from claiming the ‘syndrome’ is a result of attacks directed by China, Russia or another American ‘adversary.’ Now, the number of Havana Syndrome cases has topped 200, with some patients even retiring due to the supposedly debilitating effects of the illness. The corporate press has rolled this narrative into Russiagate as well, claiming Trump’s CIA downplayed the Havana Syndrome simply to maintain relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alan points out that while the Havana Syndrome is a fiction, the US government is, in fact, working to develop directed energy weapons. Alan explains how they are currently used on the battlefield, and how the tech might evolve in the future. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News.</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@AlanRMacLeod</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is a member of the Glasgow University Media Group. His latest book,</span> <a href= "https://www.routledge.com/Propaganda-in-the-Information-Age-Still-Manufacturing-Consent-1st-Edition/MacLeod/p/book/9781138366404"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Propaganda in the Informat