
Olivia Troye: There is a human aspect of it of shame. After this interview she reported for the first time. Troye says she didn't report the episodes because she didn't want to believe she was seriously ill and she worried what it would mean to her security clearance and career. And I felt like I was just gonna fall right into the ground. There was sort of- it was like I had a depth perception issue where I couldn't figure out where the ground was. But this time it was very much the feeling of vertigo and dizziness. Olivia Troye: It was a similar sensation. You've gotta find your ground again and steady yourself." I was unsteady, I was, I felt nauseous, I was somewhat disoriented, and I was just, I remember thinking, "OK you gotta-don't fall down the stairs. Olivia Troye: But it was like this piercing feeling on the side of my head, it was like, I remember it was on the right side of my head and I got like, vertigo. In the summer of 2019, she was descending stairs, toward the White House, when she felt she had been physically struck. At the White House, she worked in the 19th century Eisenhower Executive Office Building beside the West Wing. She had served in the Pentagon, deployed to Iraq, served in the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Counterterrorism Center.

Olivia Troye was homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to Vice President Mike Pence. Olivia Troye: I covered any and all emerging threats, homeland security incidents domestically, so I covered whether it was from mass shootings to hurricanes, natural disasters… They were responsible for helping to manage threats to national security. The former officials you are about to meet are revealing their experiences for the first time. Incidents have been reported in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, but our reporting has found senior national security officials who say they were stricken in Washington and on the grounds of the White House. Who might be targeting Americans and why are unknown. The CIA, FBI and State Department are investigating a theory that some of these officials were injured by an unseen weapon. government officials overseas and their families have reported sudden, unexplained, brain injuries with symptoms of vertigo, confusion and memory loss.
