let's go back to robert bartholomew in auckland.e of the people directly affected by this have not been near cuba, the island, the country, havana, the capital city, or the u.s. embassy. they didn't sleep near a colony of crickets. some of the canadians that have been directly affected by something have been transported from ottawa to halifax, nova scotia. they have been medically tested, and it's been found that the left-hand side of their brain does not connect properly with the right hand side of their brain. that's a matter of medical fact. on top of that, some of the canadians -- you're shaking your head. hang on. let me finish. some of the canadians are expensing early symptoms of parkinson's or early dementia. again, you -- i've used the word a few times, statistically highly unlikely -- and they've had no conversations with americans who were affected by this. robert: well, that's just not true. the canadians and the americans knew what was going on because they were sharing data peter: there wasn't some sort of hysteria dow

we have robert bartholomew honory, senior lecturer in the department of psychological medicine at the university of oakland. he is also the co author of havana syndrome, mass fica, genic, illness and the real story behind the embassy mystery and hysteria and cultures in essex. in the u. k. we have natasha lind, stats, ortho, and specialists on u. s. foreign policy. she's social sciences deputy dean at the university of essex and in boston, massachusetts. in the us we have glen call a korea, c i a officer, and formerly a deputy national intelligence officer. welcome to you all glen call in boston. havana syndrome. what might it be? well, the immediate thought, i think of all of my colleagues and the institutions involved in foreign policy is that the, the russians are the most likely ones to have done this kind of activity . whether to obtain intelligence or to harass or both we don't know. and we don't know that it's the russians, but that's the reflection of thought. there are probably only 4 countries or so that would have the capability or the interest in doing this sort of thing.

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he joins me tonight from los angeles and robert bartholomew. he's honorary, senior lecturer in the department of psychological medicine at the university of oakland, in new zealand to both of you gentlemen. it's good to have you with doctor boller. let me start with you. it seems the c i a now agrees that there's less to this story than some believe what's your take? well, thank you for having me, brent and ma, my tech is. this is what we've been saying all along. certainly, we expected that this would be the final conclusion or if it is the final conclusion, are all obviously this report is are considered preliminary. there's a lot of backlash the, there's a lot of political implications. but i certainly agree with what they concluded, i mean, we right from the beginning. felt that one has to be very cautious and consider all possibilities. but now we're 5 years into this. and there's absolutely no evidence of any kind of secret weapon or that any foreign agent is following our embassy employees all over around the world. in fact, every, every