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Covert Cuban Device Likely Responsible For Hearing Loss Of U.S. Diplomats

Covert Cuban Device Likely Responsible For Hearing Loss Of U.S. Diplomats

Source: npr

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Michael Weissenstein, the Associated Press director for the Caribbean, about how the loss of several U.S. diplomats’ hearing is being blamed on a covert Cuban device.
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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

Now we have a bizarre story of what appears to be international sabotage coming out of Cuba. Over the last couple of years, some U.S. diplomats in Havana lost their hearing. Some had to cut short their mission and return to the U.S. for medical treatment. In retaliation, the U.S. kicked two Cuban diplomats out of the country. The Associated Press reports that American officials have concluded that the diplomats in Havana were exposed to an advanced device that operated outside the range of audible sound. Michael Weissenstein of the AP joins us from Havana. Welcome to the show.

MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN: Thanks.

SHAPIRO: Tell us more about what happened to these diplomats . . . Read Complete Transcript 

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