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Those two individuals have departed the united states. we take the situation very seriously. >> okay. so patrick, those are some very vague comments from the state department. can you help us make sense of what went down, what's going on here. >> absolutely. and this is very mysterious. sounds like something straight out of a spy novel. when they talk about acoustic attacks, these are frequencies these diplomats we're told were being bum barded with. the human ear cannot hear these frequencies but they had a physical impactn on the diplomats working in havana. one had permanent hearing loss an...

Introducing xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. breaking news and a bizarre mystery involving american diplomats in cuba. cuba's government is investigating a strange set of symptoms affecting u.s. embassy employees in havana. the state department employees believe several of them were subjected to akust stick attacks possibly by sonic devices. at least two serious health problems. i want to bring in correspondent patrick oppmann who was in havana and a former member of the joint chief of staff and retired chief of cia operations. this is fascinating. s patrick,...

Official duty. so they were there on behalf of the u.s. embassy there. they've reported incidents that have caused a variety of physical symptoms. we don't have any definitive answers about the source or the cause of what we consider to be incidents. we can tell you that on may 23rd, the state department took further action. we asked two officials who were accredited at the embassy of cuba in the united states to depart the united states. those two individuals have departed the united states. we take the situation very seriously. >> okay. so patrick, those are some very vague comments from t...

Possibly by sonic devices. at least two developed serious health problems. >> a former member of the joint chief of staff and retired chief of cia russian operations. this is -- it's fascinating. so patrick, let's talk about this. the state department addressed the situation in a briefing earlier today. let's take a listen and then we'll discuss. >> some u.s. government personnel who were working at our embassy in havana, cuba on official duty. so they were there on behalf of the u.s. embassy there. they've reported incidents that have caused a variety of physical symptoms. we don't have any d...

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