Sprawling revelations about so-called Havana Syndrome show no signs of going away.
Rumors of the alleged neurological condition — and the mythological spy-weapon that might cause it — have begun re-circulating in recent months, stirred up by early 2026 reporting that the US government paid as much as eight figures to procure a mysterious device linked to the ailment.
Now, ex-government whistleblowers are adding fuel to Havana Syndrome’s smoldering embers. In a baffling interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes, former CIA officers and conveniently anonymous government officials chimed in on the conversation, demanding answers and blasting the government for initiating what they call a massive coverup.
According to CBS‘ sources, a Havana Syndrome weapon has been in the hands of a US military lab for over a year. The weapon — small enough to be held by a person, but powerful enough to blast through windows and drywall to hit a target hundreds of feet away — had allegedly even been tested on rats and sheep. Those tests, CBS insists, show injuries “consistent with those seen in humans.” (An interesting framing, given that symptoms of Havana Syndrome aren’t even consistent among humans.)
One of the former agents who agreed to give his name was Marc Polymeropoulos, who according to CBS, spent 26 years “involved in every covert action program in the Middle East.”
In the segment, Polymeropoulos criticized a previous Intelligence Community Assessment from 2023, which found it was “very...
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