Judicial Watch Sues Intel Agencies Over DEW Records

Judicial Watch Sues Intel Agencies Over DEW Records

From Straight to The Point With Catherine Herridge by L.A. Times Studios, Catherine Herridge

May 29, 2026 · 18 min · Episode 30

About this episode

Catherine Herridge interviews Chris Farrell about Judicial Watch's lawsuit against various intelligence agencies for records related to Directed Energy Weapons.

This week on Straight to the Point, I sat down with Chris Farrell, Director of Investigations and Research at Judicial Watch for an in-depth interview on the organization’s new Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the DOJ/FBI,CIA, DoD, Homeland Security and ODNI for Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) records including the reported purchase of a device by Homeland Security Investigations. Farrell says the intelligence agencies are “stonewalling” the release of information related to Judicial Watch’s February 2026 FOIA requests that followed our team's exclusive investigations with DEW attack survivors. Farrell argues their non-response, combined with years of reported gaslighting of injured government employees and civilians could reveal a coordinated effort to conceal the truth of directed energy weapon attacks – also known as Havana Syndrome or Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs) - including questions about foreign technology and why some government personnel may have been returned to the same high-risk locations after being hit. An ODNI Spokesperson said “As DNI Gabbard told Chairman Crawford during the Annual Threat Assessment hearing in March, she believes the Biden-era ICA on…

People in this episode

Host: Catherine Herridge

Guest: Chris Farrell

Topics covered

  • Judicial Watch
  • FOIA lawsuit
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Havana Syndrome
  • government transparency
  • intelligence agencies

Keywords

  • Judicial Watch
  • FOIA
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Havana Syndrome
  • Chris Farrell
  • intelligence agencies
  • government transparency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Judicial Watch, DOJ, FBI, CIA, DoD, Homeland Security, ODNI

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