Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
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#21. The article is a copy of the original: https://theconversation.com/scientists-suggest-us-embassies-... . I wonder if scitechdaily is just a content farm or if they had a license to copy that content.
2. This Vanity Fair article believes it's mass hysteria: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/the-real-story-behin...
Re: Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
#3I’ve heard the Great Seal Bug described as being activated by microwaves, and wonder if all these embassies and offices were riddled with similar bugs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
Re: Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
#41. The article is a copy of the original: https://theconversation.com/scientists-suggest-us-embassies-... . I wonder if scitechdaily is just a content farm or if they had a license to copy that content. 2. This Vanity Fair article believes it's mass hysteria: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/the-real-story-behin...
Isn't vanity fair a fashion magazine?
Re: Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
#5We appear to be right back to the original explanation, an exposure to high-energy microwaves. I'd be curious to know if this is clearly an attack, or if this 'Frey effect' could happen accidentally because of nearby microwave transmission or similar?
Re: Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
#61. The article is a copy of the original: https://theconversation.com/scientists-suggest-us-embassies-... . I wonder if scitechdaily is just a content farm or if they had a license to copy that content. 2. This Vanity Fair article believes it's mass hysteria: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/the-real-story-behin...
Isn't vanity fair a fashion magazine?
Yes but they’ve had people like Hitchens as contributors.
Re: Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
#7What I don't get about this explanation is that I'd expect high-profile embassies to be at least monitored for radio activity or even shielded against it.
But maybe I'm just expecting too much vigilance here.
Re: Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
#8What I don't get about this explanation is that I'd expect high-profile embassies to be at least monitored for radio activity or even shielded against it. But maybe I'm just expecting too much vigilance here.
IIUC, the microwave bursts are extremely directional, so you can’t really monitor for this effectively. Similarly, it’s bit unrealistic to cover the entire embassy in thick steel (and have no windows).
Re: Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
#9I’ve heard the Great Seal Bug described as being activated by microwaves, and wonder if all these embassies and offices were riddled with similar bugs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
It is plausible, but the Great Seal (aka “the Thing”) only operated at 800Mhz. The microwave range is from 1 gigahertz (GHz), up to about 300 gigahertz.
Re: Scientists Believe US Embassy and CIA Officers Hit with High-Power Microwaves
#10What I don't get about this explanation is that I'd expect high-profile embassies to be at least monitored for radio activity or even shielded against it. But maybe I'm just expecting too much vigilance here.
The couple of stories I read in detail happened at/near employee houses, not at the embassy.