Transcript records call to retract 2023 ICA on anomalous health incidents

In the later portion of the recorded exchange, the participant addressed in the transcript as "Mr. Sherman" described a three-year investigation he said he launched into anomalous health incidents (AHIs), sometimes called Havana Syndrome, and urged the U.S. intelligence community to retract a 2023 intelligence community assessment (ICA) that concluded the incidents were not caused by enemy attacks.

"We we're 3 years into an investigation that I launched," Mr. Sherman said, and described the inquiry as a "first--" (investigatory) effort by his office into how the intelligence community handled AHI claims. He said the community "poorly handled" the phenomenon, that many affected individuals had been "dismissed" and "discredited," and that his office had been advocating for care for those employees.

Mr. Sherman cited the recent death of a cohort member, Mike Beck, and said the treatment of affected personnel has "sent shock waves throughout the entire IC." He added that the ICA "was an attempt to discredit these individuals who made claims that they had been attacked" and called the assessment evidence of "an analytic integrity problem" in which a narrative is established first and facts are found to support it.

When asked whether the Pentagon is testing related technology, Mr. Sherman said he could not comment on Pentagon testing and that his investigation's focus is on how claims were handled and on ensuring care for affected personnel.

The transcript records Mr. Sherman’s call for the intelligence community to retract the 2023 ICA and for more thorough review and care for affected employees. No retraction or formal response from intelligence agencies is recorded in the transcript.