By Syndicated Content
Jul 21, 2021 | 5:47 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â A CIA official who was involved in the search for Osama bin Laden has been chosen to head an agency task force investigating cases of an ailment known as âHavana Syndromeâ among U.S. spies and diplomats, a government source said on Wednesday.
CIA director William Burns named a career undercover spy, who was part of the search for the al Qaeda leader that ended with him being killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan in 2011, the source said. The Wall Street Journal first reported the appointment.
Dozens of U.S. diplomats and other officials, including CIA officers, have been afflicted by âHavana Syndrome,â so named because it first was reported by officials assigned to the U.S. embassy in Cuba.