WASHINGTON — Newly disclosed declassified documents from Global Affairs Canada obtained by CBS News reveal Canadian officials were calling incidents affecting American diplomats in Havana, Cuba, “attacks” as far back as April 26 — months before the U.S. State Department first publicly acknowledged them as such.
In a May 26 internal email update on the situation — that also affected Canadian personnel — a Canadian foreign service officer wrote: “Starting in late November and lasting until April 21, U.S. diplomats posted to Havana have been a target of acoustic attacks.”
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According to the documents, on June 18, Health Canada Overseas Medical Advisor Dr. Jeffrey Chernin arrived in Havana for meetings with Canadian embassy staff regarding “possible injuries due to exposure to an acoustic device.”
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The records were first obtained by The Canadian Press through a public records request. The 71-pages of internal notes and emails cover a period from April to August. They are heavily redacted, including nearly an entire page that describes the “targets” of the “attacks.” Many documents were originally marked as secret.
Cuba denies it had anything to do with what injured Americans and Canadians — and has tried to cast doubt on U.S. claims that they were targets of bizarre attacks.
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"The documents also raise questions about how much the U.S. knew, but kept from the public." https://t.co/1WFqczwKL8
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 7, 2018
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