An updated report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence asserts that the series of health incidents afflicting diplomats known as “Havana Syndrome” is not the doing of a foreign government. But the Biden administration insists that further investigations are needed to reach a conclusion. Mark Zaid, Esq., member of the CERL Executive Board, is quoted in a New York Times article weighing in on these developments.

Mark S. Zaid, Esq., is a Washington, D.C. based attorney who specializes in crisis management and innovatively handling simple and complex administrative and litigation matters primarily relating to national security, international law, foreign sovereign and diplomatic immunity, and the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. He is a member of CERL’s Executive Board. Read his bio here. 

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