Michael Rey

Oriana Zill

Not just a thriller. It is a tour de force of journalism, among the highest examples of what our profession is and can be. The Havana Syndrome is a tale for the ages because it exposes how government continues to place its own interests ahead of selfless patriots who serve their country .... Zill de Granados and Rey have uncovered decisive evidence about the nature of the attacks and who was behind them. I won’t spoil the detective story here. It’s too good—and important—to rush

The Truth Is Out There… But start with this book

Terrific — and terrifying. The authors have cut through the fog of secrets, screw-ups, and cover-ups to bring you this illuminating book. It will rob you of your sleep and send shivers up your spine

Tim Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mission and Legacy of Ashes

This riveting exposé not only discloses an appalling failure of our government to tell the truth and protect us, it also dramatically affirms the necessity of the free press

a fascinating history ... admirable and compelling

Compelling ... our best insight yet into what is still officially an unresolved matter

Secret Weapons, A Government Cover-Up, And The Greatest Spy Mystery Of Our Time

An explosive, inside account of the mysterious attacks on government employees around the world via an unseen, highly specialized weapon that has left dozens of victims with life-altering injuries, and the U.S. government’s attempt to cover it up—with startling new evidence from an award-winning 60 Minutes team 
 
For nearly a decade, diplomats, spies, and soldiers around the world have reported sudden, devastating neurological injuries—symptoms eerily consistent with exposure to a directed energy weapon. Victims were told their illnesses were “psychosomatic.” Government agencies dismissed the evidence. And the CIA insisted no adversary was behind it. 
 
In this groundbreaking exposé, 60 Minutes producers Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados reveal the hidden history of the so-called Havana Syndrome: from early attacks in Cuba and China, to the spread across global hotspots from Tbilisi to Vienna, to a mounting trail of evidence pointing to an elite Russian “kill” unit as the culprit. Drawing on more than nine years of reporting, secret medical records, whistleblower testimony, and intelligence reports, they expose not only the technology behind the attacks but the U.S. government’s effort to downplay and deny them. 
 
Combining the pace of a thriller and the authority of rigorous investigative journalism, this book brings readers inside the lives of officers like “Patient Zero” and “Poly,” whose careers and health were destroyed by the attacks, and Lt. Col. Greg Edgreen, the Pentagon investigator who risked everything to demand accountability. The Havana Syndrome is both a geopolitical saga with chilling consequences for national security and a deeply human story of betrayal and resilience.

Oriana Zill

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