Tulsi Gabbard torches Biden-era findings on

Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard rescinded two Biden-era intelligence assessments that forged doubt on a mysterious ailment that has long affected spies, diplomats, and other abroad officers identified as “Havana Syndrome.”

In a memo, Gabbard, who is set to go away her function as DNI on June 19, shared a memo on Thursday arguing that the earlier assessments relied on ethically flawed medical research and ignored key evidence.

“Consistent with Congress’s request for a comprehensive review of anomalous health incidents (AHI), the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has directed the National Intelligence Council (NIC) to rescind two prior Intelligence Community Assessments (ICAs)… due to ICAs failing to meet the established Intelligence Community (IC) Analytic Standards in Reference A,” the memo read.

Gabbard has long taken curiosity in the mysterious “Havana Syndrome,” which was first reported by U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Cuba in 2016. Affected people sometimes report the sudden onset of bodily sensations and cognitive points, such as a perceived, localized sound, intense head or ear stress, persistent dizziness and steadiness issues, reminiscence loss, mind fog, and hassle concentrating.

More than 1,000 instances have been reported worldwide over the years, but the trigger of the ailment stays unknown. The U.S. authorities has called the ailment an anomalous health incident.

The intelligence neighborhood has long tried to conclude whether or not the affected people had been victims of a directed assault by a overseas authorities. However, there may be not yet adequate evidence to assist that idea.

One of the now-rescinded assessments from 2023 argued that the intelligence neighborhood couldn’t hyperlink any instances of the Havana Syndrome to overseas adversaries. The second, from 2025, cited assessments from the broader intelligence neighborhood that it was extremely unlikely that the ailment was prompted by a overseas actor.

Officials briefed on the matter have beforehand said that it’s doubtless that the symptoms come from undiagnosed circumstances, environmental elements, or stress working for the CIA. However, officers affected by the ailment, many of which have been compelled into retirement due to the strong symptoms, have rejected those claims.

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“This has been a fight for the truth that many of us have been engaged in for almost a decade,” Marc Polymeropoulos, a former senior CIA official who suffered from the syndrome while in Russia and has claimed the ailment comes from a overseas adversary, said. “It is high time that the government finally came clean on accountability.”

Lawmakers and former intelligence officers celebrated Gabbard’s transfer, including Arkansas Republican Rep. Rick Crawford, who has long called on the DNI to rescind the Biden-era evaluation.

“This is huge news for the AHI victim community, analytic integrity, and for the American people,” Crawford, who is also the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a assertion. “These flawed, fraudulent, and manufactured Intelligence Community Assessments have caused significant harm to some of our nation’s bravest.”

With Gabbard leaving workplace this month, it stays unclear if the Trump administration will launch a new investigative marketing campaign of the syndrome.

Thursday’s transfer comes just days before Gabbard is set to go away her Cabinet place. The same day she announced the rescinding, President Donald Trump said he would nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence.

Trump announced the nomination on social media amid stress from Congress to title a everlasting substitute for Gabbard, who announced her resignation last month. Trump confronted intense pushback over his resolution to title Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as appearing director. The job oversees the coordination of 18 intelligence companies.

The ensuing uproar led to a standoff in Congress after Democrats said they’d refuse to renew overseas intelligence powers unless Trump pulled Pulte’s nomination and named a everlasting nominee.

“Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay,” Trump wrote. “I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible.”