{"id":234580,"date":"2021-02-13T08:31:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T13:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=234580"},"modified":"2021-02-13T08:31:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T13:31:23","slug":"official-document-reveals-chaos-and-disorder-in-trumps-response-to-sonic-attacks-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/official-document-reveals-chaos-and-disorder-in-trumps-response-to-sonic-attacks-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Official document reveals chaos and disorder in Trump\u2019s response to \u201csonic attacks\u201d in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a recently declassified report, mismanagement and lack of coordination dominated the response of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to the alleged \u201c<\/span>sonic attacks<\/span><\/a>\u201d that affected the health of 26 employees of the U.S. embassy in Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n

The document, made public at the request of the NGO National Security Archive, reveals that the United States\u2019 response to these incidents was \u201cdominated by a lack of leadership, ineffective communication and systematic disorganization\u201d and questions the work of then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAn official was never appointed to have general responsibility,\u201d underlines the report, prepared by the State Department\u2019s Accountability Review Board (ARB), whose mission is to independently review any security incident at the United States embassies around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The document collects the conclusions of four months of investigation of the ARB, and each page is headed by the word \u201csecret.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump lacked evidence to accuse the Cuban government<\/b><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the report shows that Trump ordered the removal of 60% of the embassy on the island without having proof of the alleged responsibility of the Cuban government in the mysterious attacks, which occurred between November 2016 and August 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2017, Trump himself accused Cuba of being responsible for what the U.S. authorities described as \u201cacoustic\u201d or \u201csonic\u201d attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the declassified report reveals that the State Department did not really know what caused its staff to suffer symptoms similar to those of brain injury, dizziness, headaches and lack of ability to concentrate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sonic attacks or collective hysteria?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n