US Senate report finds CIA mishandled employee cases of Havana syndrome

Workers who reported symptoms of the illness often faced delayed or denied care and struggled to access benefits

A newly declassified US Senate report found that the CIA's handling of mysterious health incidents known as Havana syndrome has been flawed and marred by inconsistent medical care, delayed compensation and communication failures - all while foreign adversaries remain very unlikely" to be responsible.

Many cases of the syndrome have been reported, mostly among US officials posted abroad, and the phenomenon has led to theories they had been targeted by a hitherto unknown weapon using directed energy of some sort wielded by a hostile power.