Suicide toll at NSA and US Cyber Command hits 11 — with 5 in just one month: Report

A recent string of suicides at government agencies has the White House’s attention, a recent report claims.

The cluster of deaths came just months after a series of disappearances and deaths tied to U.S. space and nuclear programs were reported.

… working in isolated environments inside secured, windowless facilities.

At the National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command, both located in Fort Meade, Maryland, at least 11 workers have died by suicide in about a year’s time.

A recent report cited public records and unnamed U.S. officials who spoke under the condition that they not be identified.

During one specific period — early June to early July — Bloomberg reports that there was a “suicide cluster,” with five employees from the NSA and Cyber Command taking their own lives.

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