Targeting Americans (2022) | 60 Minutes Archive
In a Nutshell
Since 2016, over 1,000 U.S. officials and families have suffered unexplained brain injuries—symptoms like vertigo, nausea, disorientation, and memory loss—from suspected directed energy attacks (likely pulsed microwaves) in locations including Havana, Vienna, China, London, and White House grounds, affecting figures like Olivia Troy, Miles Taylor, and NSC staff. Medical experts confirm vestibular/auditory damage, with portable weapons feasible from nations like Russia, China, or the U.S., though CIA investigations rule out a single foreign campaign and find no hard evidence linking incidents. Officials urge urgent action amid early dismissals as psychosomatic, emphasizing the breach of U.S. security norms and risks to top leaders.
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Since 2016, US government officials overseas and their families have reported sudden unexplained brain injuries with symptoms of vertigo, confusion, and memory loss. The CIA, FBI, and State Department are investigating a theory that some officials were injured by an unseen weapon. Incidents reported in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Senior national security officials stricken in Washington and on White House grounds.
Olivia Troy was homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to Vice President Mike Pence. Served in Pentagon, deployed to Iraq, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Counterterrorism Center. Worked in 19th century Eisenhower Executive Office Building beside West Wing. In summer 2019, descending stairs toward White House, felt physically struck: piercing feeling on right side of head, vertigo, unsteadiness, nausea, disorientation. Steadied on railing, feeling continued past West Wing entrance. Felt like paralyzing panic attack, thought brain tumor or stroke. Inside security perimeter, went down steps, past West Wing, down West Executive Avenue (presidents' parking lot), through Secret Service gate to staff parking in ellipse south of White House.
It was like this piercing feeling on the side of my head... I got like vertigo. I was unsteady. I felt nauseous. I was somewhat disoriented.
About a year later, similar sensations couple times walking to car on ellipse: vertigo, dizziness, depth perception issue, felt like falling into ground. Did not report initially due to denial, concerns for security clearance and career. Reported for first time after interview.
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