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U.S. Diplomats Suffer Hearing Loss After Serving in Cuba

21 pointsby agreenover 7 years ago

4 comments

dangover 7 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=Cuba%20diplomats%20points%3E30&amp;sort=byDate&amp;dateRange=all&amp;type=story&amp;storyText=false&amp;prefix&amp;page=0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=Cuba%20diplomats%20points%3E30...</a>
adventuredover 7 years ago
Worth noting that at least one Canadian diplomat was also among the injured (worth noting because Canada has much better relations with Cuba than the US does).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2017&#x2F;aug&#x2F;11&#x2F;sonic-attack-canadian-diplomat-in-cuba-also-suffered-hearing-damage" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2017&#x2F;aug&#x2F;11&#x2F;sonic-attack-c...</a>
eponeponeponover 7 years ago
This is <i>such</i> a bizarre story, and I&#x27;d love to know the truth behind it - naturally, even if a full and frank report appeared, it&#x27;d still be highly questionable just because of its association with intelligence work.<p>I do recall reading, though, that one remedy against eavesdropping by laser monitoring of vibrations in windowpanes is to deliberately induce white-noise vibrations in them yourself. That seems like the kind of thing that could cause inaudible but damaging infrasound standing waves inside your own building, so I wonder: is it possible that this was an accidental self-inflicted injury?<p>All of this, of course, assumes that any of it even happened - and who can say with spies involved?
drpgqover 7 years ago
Supposedly this happened to Canadian diplomats as well.