New US Task Force Will Investigate Suspected Sonic Attacks

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a plenary session on June 4, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Pompeo recently created a task force to investigate suspected sonic attacks on U.S. government employees. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The State Department has created a multi-agency task force that will investigate suspected sonic attacks used against U.S. diplomats in Cuba and a U.S. government employee in China.

In a June 5 statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he requested Deputy Secretary John Sullivan on May 23 to “direct a multi-agency response to the unexplained health incidents that have affected a number of U.S. government personnel and family members stationed overseas.”