Despite public assurances of medical care and financial support through congressional legislation for those suffering from the mysterious health condition known as Havana Syndrome, a CBS News investigation has identified more than a dozen current and former government operatives, and in some cases family members, who say the government has not had their back.
“I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to work again. I mean, I’ve lost everything,” former CIA analyst Erika Stith told CBS News as part of a months-long investigation.
Stith’s documents show she spent months going back and forth with the CIA for care as a former employee but ultimately declined to share her medical records with the agency.
“By the time they came back to me and said, ‘OK, we have a process in place,’ I had already successfully talked my way into a treatment program and I had managed to make that happen privately and have been paying for it myself,” she said.
Stith said she “completely” gave up on the CIA process and wants other people who believe they developed their ailments as a result of serving the country to know that they “deserve to be taken care of.”
