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“We see more and more evidence that the administration was fully aware its signature health-care law was not ready for prime time.”
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House committee in charge of investigating the federal health insurance exchange, referring to an announcement that a portion of enrollment records could have problems Article, this page
Intelligence adviser resigns on China tie
WASHINGTON - A longtime adviser to the U.S.
director of national intelligence has resigned after the government learned he has worked since 2010 as a paid consultant for Huawei Technologies Ltd., the Chinese technology company the U.S.
has condemned as an espionage threat, The Associated Press has learned.
Theodore Moran, an expert on China’s international investment and a professor at Georgetown University, had served since 2007 as adviser to the intelligence director’s advisory panel on foreign investment in the United States. Moran also was an adviser to the National Intelligence Council, a group of 18 senior analysts and policy experts who provide U.S. spy agencies with judgments on important international issues.
Moran, who had a security clearance granting him access to sensitive materials, was forced to withdraw from those roles after Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., complained in September to the intelligence director, James Clapper, that Moran’s work on an international advisory council for Huawei “compromises his ability to advise your office.”
A spokesman for Clapper’s office confirmed Friday that Moran was no longer associated with the intelligence council but declined to answer further questions, citing the U.S. Privacy Act. Moran declined to discuss the matter with the AP.
Services held for 3 derailment victims
COLD SPRING, N.Y. - Three more funerals were held Thursday and Friday for victims of the New York City train derailment, including one for a sound and lighting expert who died while heading to work on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
An Irish pipe solo was played at the Cold Spring funeral for Jim Lovell, the technician who had also worked on NBC’s Today for the past 20 years.
The funeral for Donna Smith was held in Newburgh; the paralegal was active in her church and civic groups and was headed to hear her sister sing Handel’s “Messiah” with a choral group.
At Lovell’s funeral, his wife, Nancy Montgomery, a member of the town council in Philipstown, shared a front pew with their three sons, ages 12 to 17, and his daughter from a previous marriage.
Accident victim James Ferrari of Montrose was buried Thursday. The funeral for Kisook Ahn will be today in Queens. The Korean immigrant, a registered nurse, was returning home after her overnight shift at the Sunshine Children’s Home and Rehab Center in Ossining.
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