CIA Mind Virus

Noah Morris

The American Soldier exists to relentlessly dominate, and impose his sensibilities on, the rest of the world. This can be demonstrated by his role in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, The Philippines, etc. For as long as he has existed as an imperial concept (I’d finger the McKinley admin, but one could reasonably point to Polk or Columbus as the originators), he has been coded as culturally conservative. The military is floated to every teenager in America as an alluring alternative to, or pathway toward, higher education. Some young people, by no fault of their own, are drawn into the culture of machismo, or enticed by that promise of free or reduced college, or subject to the natural urge to explore, and bored with their towns. The primary function of the American College, as established in the ’50s or so, is to act as an explicit class-stratifier, and as such the lot of them produce an upper crust, petty pool of talent. Folks at this level are not content with being soldiers. A new class of military personell had to be developed to accommodate them, a class whose very name bears his weapon: “intelligence.”

“Havana Syndrome,” as one might guess from its name, was first reported by U.S. diplomats and agents working in Cuba, but over time it was reported in countless countries, everywhere U.S. agents were, on all continents but Antarctica. I have read testimonies of victims inflicted by the sonic weapon while mere miles from the White House, or while at home in their NOVA suburban neighborhoods. Havana Syndrome obeys no borders, and yields to no one. The classical, dreadful story of the Syndrome, the one that every media outlet in America published in 2018, goes like this. It’s an ordinary day. Perhaps a Wednesday or Thursday. An agent is working, or driving, adhering to their routine, feeling normal. Suddenly, they are beset, at the mercy of a massive, throbbing, pain, often described as a “piercing directional noise”. It’s searing the Agent’s mind thoroughly, like drain-cleaner through the ears, or a Neti pot full of lava. Then, just as suddenly, it’s gone. It feels like a really bad migraine, wildly painful and proportionately inscrutable. Particulars, all of them, vary from agent to agent. Some experience recurring similar symptoms, some get the one and done, like with Covid. Officials were largely reluctant to share their stories publicly, usually remaining characteristically anonymous when speaking to the press (as many did).

These symptoms, to quote The New Republic’s Natalie Shure, are “debilitating but extremely common”, and more indicative of general malaise, migraines, or countless other ailments not caused by a ray gun. Ray guns like this don’t not exist, but the CIA themselves determined in January of 2022 that a foreign country was not responsible for any sort of clandestine weapon or mechanism, and informed the press thusly. The Associated Press reported in 2022 that the government had “erred by pushing people to report ill health or unexplained symptoms [as Havana Syndrome]”. Over the six or so years where people thought Havana Syndrome was real, about a thousand cases were reported. Of those, the CIA is still investigating two dozen, having dismissed the rest as being caused by unrelated things. A distorted variant of Occam’s Razor led the National Academy of Sciences to cite sonic and microwave radiation, pulsed via directed energy beam as the likeliest culprit, and the entire American media landscape went buckwild with it, getting the people fired up about a loose parody of “Project X” from the Atlas Shrugged movie. CIA agents have a history of having their minds attacked: during the MK-Ultra era, being suddenly dosed with LSD at work in the Pentagon was a common office prank, treated with benign humor, like a jelloed stapler. Both Trump and Biden administrations had measured suspicion that Russia was responsible for the propagation of energy beam technology. Biden brought up the ailment in a summit with Vladimir Putin in 2022. Scientists were wishy-washy, but it seemed like lives were at stake. There were numerous real-world implications of this speculation: Rex Tillerson ordered the departure of all non-emergency employees in Cuba in 2017, reversing Obamian relaxing of tensions with the nation.

The Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks bill was passed unanimously by both the House and Senate in June of 2021. Despite its cute initialism, it does not explicitly call the affliction “Havana Syndrome”, referring instead to “anomalous health incidents”; it’s in these men’s nature to be punny and coy; be wary of the droll. The bill left it up to the heads of the C.I.A. and State Department to determine who would be covered and how much money they’d received.

People who worked closely with Havana Syndrome sufferers acted skeptically toward their claims of sonic ray guns. The National Institutes of Health and the Pentagon developed a two hour test for potentially affected personnel. They checked their inner ears, eyes, and blood, but did no MRIs or analysis of the brain.

So, what is Havana Syndrome really? Probably a psychosomatic reaction to the stress, guilt, and cognitive dissonance required to be a functional Federal Agent. Victims of the disease are often offended by these sorts of claims, to which I would like to posit that facts don’t care about your feelings.

Please think critically about the way the six companies in charge of the Mainstream American News Media mindlessly parrot government speculation about China, Russia, and Iran. The hand of the market naturally selects only the most outrageous claims, without regard for accuracy. Consider the New York Times’ direct involvement in spreading the Bush administration’s lies that led us into the Iraq War. Havana Syndrome was primarily covered by foreign policy journalists. Health journalists were skeptical, and largely marginalized as the story unfolded.

CIA Agents have been faced with the unavoidable reality of existence, that our bodies will fail us in dramatic, horrifying, and unexpected ways. The CIA, unlike the average American, has posited themselves as entitled to a heavy payout, built on baseless speculation and utter lies. The fact that this scam has been pulled on millions of taxpayers with no similar State-sponsored safety net in the event of a medical emergency, should enrage every American from whom critical medications are withheld by an alliance of our government and pharmaceutical conglomerates.