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  "path": "/2026/03/08/u-s-agents-bought-a-portable-russian-microwave-weapon-that-may-explain-havana-syndrome.html",
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  "textContent": "\n\nA small, concealable microwave weapon — bought from Russian gangsters by undercover Homeland Security agents in 2024 — may finally explain years of crippling brain injuries reported by American intelligence officers and diplomats, 60 Minutes reports. The Pentagon spent $15 million on the covert purchase, and the device has upended the government's longstanding insistence that so-called Havana Syndrome was psychosomatic. — Read the rest \n\nThe post U.S. agents bought a portable Russian microwave weapon that may explain Havana Syndrome appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "U.S. agents bought a portable Russian microwave weapon that may explain Havana Syndrome"
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