U.S. Diplomats Suffer Hearing Loss After Serving in Cuba(npr.org)
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U.S. Diplomats Suffer Hearing Loss After Serving in Cuba
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/25/546186317/u-s-diplomats-suffer-hearing-loss-after-serving-in-cuba
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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).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/11/sonic-attack-c...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/11/sonic-attack-c...
This is such a bizarre story, and I'd love to know the truth behind it - naturally, even if a full and frank report appeared, it'd still be highly questionable just because of its association with intelligence work.
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?
All of this, of course, assumes that any of it even happened - and who can say with spies involved?
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?
All of this, of course, assumes that any of it even happened - and who can say with spies involved?
Supposedly this happened to Canadian diplomats as well.
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