Two people are in custody in connection with the incident, which Mamdani called “disturbing.”
Day: March 8, 2026
Former White House adviser David Relman tells 60 Minutes the Biden White House believed the victims of Havana Syndrome, mysterious illnesses suffered by U.S. officials. Relman believes the CIA’s handling of the investigation could be called a cover-up. https://t.co/GjzUE8DuzW pic.twitter.com/2JJwni6Ae3
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 8, 2026
One victim, “Adam,” says the CIA has consistently moved the goalposts on proof. “We went to war in Iraq on a post-it note, and on this issue you could fill the Library of Congress with evidence the Russians are doing this and it’ll never be enough for the analysts.”
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) Mar 8, 2026
Thorne explains that the GHIC was ordering operations officers in the field NOT to collect intelligence on AHI cases. He likened this to a police squad telling detectives not to compile evidence on a cop killing. The GHIC also dismissed Tbilisi Station’s confirmation of our previous finding: that Albert Averyanov, the son of the founding commander of Unit 29155, was in the Georgian capital during one hit, in which the victim identified Averyanov skulking around her property at the time of her attack.
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) Mar 8, 2026
New with @60Minutes: A whistleblower from the Global Health Incident Cell (GHIC), the secret CIA unit that investigated Havana Syndrome, says he believes the Russian intelligence services are behind directed energy attacks on Americans. theins.press/en/inv/290088.
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) Mar 8, 2026