WASHINGTON – The Trump administration dismissed media reports on Tuesday that Russia was involved in mysterious “attacks” against some U. S. government personnel in Cuba and…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration dismissed media reports on Tuesday that Russia was involved in mysterious “attacks” against some U. S. government personnel in Cuba and China.
“We have seen a firestorm of reports out there today assigning blame to the Russian government,” with those reports attributed to unnamed sources, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters on Tuesday. “I would caution you all to be very skeptical of those statements.”
She said the State Department is still investigating the attacks on U. S. State Department employees in Cuba but has not reached any conclusions yet.
“There is no known cause, no known individual or group believed to be responsible,” she said. “The investigation is ongoing. We have not assigned any blame.”
“We still consider it be a health attack,” she added.
NBC News reported Tuesday that U. S. intelligence agencies suspect Russia of carrying out the bizarre series of attacks that led to brain injuries for U. S. personnel in Cuba and China. The NBC story said the agencies have evidence from communications intercepts collected during an ongoing investigation by the FBI, the CIA and other U. S. agencies.
