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How accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy avoided scrutiny for decades
Rocha was arrested in December and charged with serving as a secret agent of Cuba stretching back to the 1970s.
By Jim Mustian
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US probes rash of health incidents among diplomats in Vienna
Some of the symptoms are similar to those first reported by U.S. diplomats and spies in Havana, Cuba, in 2016 and 2017.
Judge: Department of Defense improperly redacted documents
A federal judge has found the U.S. Department of Defense improperly redacted several unclassified documents sought by Kansas General Derek Schmidt related to surveying potential sites for housing terror suspects now held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
1 more US worker confirmed hurt by Cuba incidents
The new “medically confirmed” worker is one of two who were recently evacuated from Cuba after reporting symptoms and brought to the University of Pennsylvania for testing.
Why the US is concerned about strange sounds in China
A U.S. government employee in southern China reported abnormal sensations of sound and pressure, the State Department said Wednesday, recalling similar experiences among American diplomats in Cuba who later fell ill.
US makes Cuba embassy cuts permanent after ‘health attacks’
The State Department said it was setting a new, permanent staffing plan that maintains the lower level of roughly two-dozen people — “the minimum personnel necessary to perform core diplomatic and consular functions.”
Report details harm to Cuba diplomats but offers no cause
All together, the symptoms are similar to the brain dysfunction seen with concussions, concluded a team of specialists who tested 21 of the 24 Havana embassy personnel thought to be affected by "health attacks" in late 2016.
Marco Rubio’s 3 theories on who launched the Cuba sonic attacks
Sen. Marco Rubio theorized recently that there are three possible answers to who perpetrated the sonic attacks on U.S. embassy employees and their families in Cuba.
By Jessie Bur
State Department to Cuba personnel: Run away if you hear weird noises
U.S. government employees traveling to Havana, Cuba, have only been provided with a single technique for protecting themselves from the sonic attacks and health issues reported over the past year by embassy employees there: move away from unusual sounds.
By Jessie Bur
Tillerson says Cuba still risky; FBI doubts sonic attack
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he’s not convinced that what he calls the “deliberate attacks” are over. He defended his September decision to order most U.S. personnel and their relatives to leave Cuba and said he won’t reverse course until Cuba’s government assures they’ll be safe.
Doctors identify brain abnormalities in Cuba health attack patients
Doctors treating the U.S. Embassy victims of mysterious, invisible attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to explain the hearing, vision, balance and memory damage.
By Josh Lederman