Some victims of mysterious ‘Havana syndrome,’ first reported among U.S. diplomats in Cuba, to get six-figure payments from U.S.
The payment scheme is the culmination of a multiyear push by Congress, which passed a law last fall mandating that the State Department and CIA compensate current and former officials suffering from what the government calls Anomalous Health Incidents, or AHIs.
As word of the compensation packages has trickled out to the federal workforce, some officials have remarked that the packages were generous while others have said the compensation range seems insufficient given the loss of future and past income for those who suffered severe neurological damage and can no longer work.
Devising a compensation plan has been particularly difficult for U.S. government officials given the lack of hard evidence for what’s causing the ailments and the inability to establish a clear diagnosis for the broad range of symptoms that while sometimes debilitating can also be common.Officials with the State Department and CIA said Thursday that the Havana Act authorized the agencies to provide payments to personnel for “qualifying injuries to the brain.
“As Director Burns has emphasized, nothing is more important to him and CIA leaders than taking care of our people,” the official said.
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