New Evidence Links Havana Syndrome to Russia's GRU Unit 29155

Unique Points

• Havana Syndrome linked to Russian military agency GRU
• Joy, an American nurse and the wife of a U.S. Embassy official in Tbilisi, Georgia was taking her laundry out of the dryer when she experienced an acute ringing sound that reminded her of what someone in movies experiences after a bomb has gone off.
• Russian military assassination unit may be responsible for Havana syndrome
• Symptoms of Havana syndrome can include extreme headaches, dizziness, nausea and ear pain

Accuracy

• White House staff, CIA officers, FBI agents and military officers were among those who believe they were wounded by a secret weapon firing a high-energy beam of microwaves or ultrasound.
• Joy ran out of the laundry room on the second floor of her house and into the bathroom adjoining the master bedroom. Then she vomited.

Deception (50%)

• Havana Syndrome is linked to Russian military agency GRU
• The French foreign minister made comments during a visit to China but no context or details are given about those comments.

Fallacies (85%)

• France wants China to send clear messages to Russia over Ukraine war
• Germany legalizes cannabis or it doesn't
• The US defense secretary didn't have much to offer Kyiv

Bias (85%)

• Havana Syndrome has been linked to Russia and its military intelligence agency GRU
• The Russian government is accused of using Havana Syndrome as a weapon against foreign diplomats.

Site Conflicts Of Interest (50%)

None Found At Time Of Publication

Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)

None Found At Time Of Publication

Unique Points

• The ongoing, five-year 60 Minutes investigation has now uncovered new evidence pointing toward Russia.
• White House staff, CIA officers, FBI agents, and military officers and their families are among those who believe they were wounded by a secret weapon firing a high-energy beam of microwaves or ultrasound.
• The bar for proof was set so high because the country doesn't want to face some very hard truths, like the existence of possible failures to protect Americans.

Accuracy

• Joy ran out of the laundry room on the second floor of her house and into the bathroom adjoining the master bedroom. Then she vomited.
• Evidence of attacks two years earlier in Frankfurt, Germany

Deception (80%)

• Edgreen stated that he started focusing on Moscow early in his investigation.
• The article claims that a 2023 government report deemed it "very unlikely" that a foreign adversary was behind the mysterious brain injuries suffered by U.S national security officials, yet more than 100 Americans have symptoms scientists say could be caused by a beam of microwaves or acoustic ultrasound.
• The article claims that victims are frustrated that the government publicly doubts an adversary is targeting Americans.
• Greg Edgreen, a now-retired Army lieutenant colonel who ran the Pentagon investigation into what officials refer to as "anomalous health incidents," said the bar for proof was set so high because the country doesn't want to face some very hard truths, like the existence of possible failures to protect Americans.

Fallacies (75%)

• > A lead U.S. military investigator examining reports of what has become known as Havana Syndrome told 60 Minutes he believes U.S. officials are being attacked by Russia and that the official threshold to prove it was set impossibly high.

Bias (85%)

• A lead U.S military investigator examining reports of what has become known as Havana Syndrome told 60 Minutes he believes U.S officials are being attacked by Russia and that the official threshold to prove it was set impossibly high.
• Edgreen said the officers targeted were top performers. "And consistently there was a Russia nexus," he said.
• Greg Edgreen, a now-retired Army lieutenant colonel who ran the Pentagon investigation into what officials refer to as "anomalous health incidents," said the bar for proof was set so high because the country doesn't want to face some very hard truths, like the existence of possible failures to protect Americans.
• The ongoing, five-year 60 Minutes investigation has now uncovered new evidence pointing toward Russia.
• White House staff, CIA officers, FBI agents and military officers and their families are among those who believe they were wounded by a secret weapon firing a high-energy beam of microwaves or ultrasound.

Site Conflicts Of Interest (50%)

None Found At Time Of Publication

Author Conflicts Of Interest (50%)

None Found At Time Of Publication

Unique Points

• Joy ran out of the laundry room on the second floor of her house and into the bathroom adjoining the master bedroom. Then she vomited.
• The black Mercedes crossover that was parked just beyond Joy's gate had a license plate number that matched one belonging to Unit 29155.

Accuracy

No Contradictions at Time Of Publication

Deception (100%)

None Found At Time Of Publication

Fallacies (85%)

• The appeal to authority: 'If something didn't feel right, the first thing you do is get off the X'.
• The dichotomous depiction: 'Joy was consumed by an acute ringing sound and immediately felt fullness in her head and a piercing headache.'

Bias (85%)

• Joy describes her experience with an acute ringing sound in her ear after hearing something similar to what someone would experience after a bomb has gone off
• The author uses language that dehumanizes the Russian government and its operatives

Site Conflicts Of Interest (50%)

• The article mentions that the GRU's assassination unit was responsible for Havana Syndrome.

Author Conflicts Of Interest (50%)

• The article discusses Havana Syndrome and links it to GRU's assassination Unit 29155, which is a topic that the authors have previously reported on extensively.

Unique Points

• Russian military assassination unit may be responsible for Havana syndrome
• Evidence of attacks two years earlier in Frankfurt, Germany
• Symptoms of Havana syndrome can include extreme headaches, dizziness, nausea and ear pain

Accuracy

• U.S. intelligence agencies have said it's unlikely a foreign adversary is responsible for the phenomenon
• Havana Syndrome linked to Russian military agency GRU, investigation indicates

Deception (50%)

• The article quotes a former Defense Intelligence Agency investigator who claims that he believes Vladimir Putin's regime is responsible for Havana syndrome attacks. However, this statement is also misleading because there is no concrete evidence linking Russia to these attacks and the DIA investigation did not find any direct evidence of Russian involvement in Havana syndrome cases.
• The article states that a joint media investigation has found evidence linking Russia's GRU Unit 29155 to Havana syndrome cases. However, this statement is misleading because the investigation did not find any direct evidence linking Russia to Havana syndrome but only speculated about it based on circumstantial information.
• The article quotes an attorney representing more than two dozen clients with Havana syndrome symptoms who claims that there was a government cover-up involving lines of inquiry that would take them potentially to answers they don't want to have to deal with. However, this statement is also misleading because it implies that the government is responsible for covering up evidence when there is no concrete evidence linking the government to any wrongdoing.

Fallacies (85%)

• The findings from its five-year probe that Russia's GRU Unit 29155 may be behind the neurological symptoms marked the first evidence linking a foreign adversary to the cases.
• <strong>New evidence suggests</strong> <em>there were likely attacks two years earlier in Frankfurt, Germany, when a U.S. government employee stationed at the consulate there was knocked unconscious by something akin to a strong energy beam.</em>
• Edgreen noted consistently that there was a Russia nexus among the top 5%-10% of performing officers across the agency had been impacted.
• <strong>Two major National Institutes of Health studies</strong> out this month examining the conditions of over 80 government employees and family members who experienced <em>anomalous health incidents</em> in locations including the U.S., Cuba, China and Austria found no consistent evidence of brain injury.

Bias (85%)

• The article quotes sources who have made accusations against Russia without providing any context or counterarguments
• The author uses loaded language such as 'evidence that a Russian military assassination unit may be responsible'

Site Conflicts Of Interest (50%)

• Rebecca Falconer reports on Havana syndrome which is a topic of interest for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) where Greg Edgreen, who ran the DIA investigation into Havana syndrome from 2021 to 2023, was recently retired. This suggests that she may have personal or professional ties with the DIA and could be compromised in her reporting on this topic.
• Rebecca Falconer reports on Vladimir Putin's regime which is a topic of interest for many people around the world. She mentions that he has been accused of human rights abuses, but she does not provide any evidence to support these claims. This suggests that she may be biased towards Putin and could be compromised in her reporting on this topic.
• The article mentions Rebecca Falconer as an author who has written extensively about Russian military assassination units, including the notorious GRU Unit 29155. This suggests that she may have personal or professional ties to these organizations and could be compromised in her reporting on them.

Author Conflicts Of Interest (50%)

• [FBI, CIA and State Department] clients with Havana syndrome symptoms
• Russian military assassination unit