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The possibility ofa New York bagelstill arousesyearning in trans-planted Easterners.

THIS WEEKEND

THE MAGAZINE

CaliforniaBagel Quest

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ

The same scene plays out inRobert DeMeola’s Midtown Man-hattan office every few weeksnow — not that it ever gets anyeasier. In walks a director or sen-ior accountant, job offer in hand,threatening to leave for a hedgefund or big bank unless Mr.DeMeola can deliver a raise of 30percent, sometimes more.

“It used to be once a quarter.Now it’s every month,” said Mr.DeMeola, chief operating officerof CohnReznick, a national ac-counting, tax and advisory firmheadquartered in New York.“They expect you to negotiate.”

For much less senior workersat CohnReznick, even those witha college degree or other postsec-ondary education, it is anotherstory. “We never like to losesomeone good, but it’s easy toteach someone those skills, andthere are others in the market-place who want those jobs,” Mr.DeMeola said.

The very different treatmentaccorded employees at the verytop versus those in the bottom ormiddle ranks has become a factof life at corporate offices, lawand accounting firms, and other

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Gap Widening

As Top Workers

Reap the Raises

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDTand MATT APUZZO

WASHINGTON — Govern-ment investigators said Fridaythat they had discovered classi-fied information on the privateemail account that Hillary Rod-ham Clinton used while secretaryof state, stating unequivocallythat those secrets never shouldhave been stored outside of se-cure government computer sys-tems.

Mrs. Clinton has said formonths that she kept no classi-fied information on the privateserver that she set up in herhouse so she would not have tocarry both a personal phone anda work phone. Her campaign saidFriday that any government se-crets found on the server hadbeen classified after the fact.

But the inspectors general ofthe State Department and the na-tion’s intelligence agencies saidthe information they found wasclassified when it was sent andremains so now. Information isconsidered classified if its dis-closure would likely harm nation-al security, and such informationcan be sent or stored only oncomputer networks with specialsafeguards.

“This classified informationnever should have been transmit-ted via an unclassified personalsystem,” Steve A. Linick, theState Department inspector gen-eral, said in a statement signedby him and I. Charles McCul-lough III, the inspector generalfor the intelligence community.

The findings by the two in-spectors general raise new ques-tions about Mrs. Clinton’s use ofher personal email at the StateDepartment, a practice that sinceMarch has been criticized by herRepublican adversaries as wellas advocates of open govern-ment, and has made some Demo-crats uneasy. Voters, however, donot appear swayed by the issue,according to polls.

In their joint statement, the in-spectors general said the classi-fied information had originatedwith the nation’s intelligence

Clinton EmailsSaid to ContainClassified Data

Unclear if She Knew

They Were Secret

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In Nairobi on an official trip to Africa, President Obama dined between his half sister and his step-grandmother. Page A6.

For President in Kenya, a Family Dinner

This article is by CampbellRobertson, Richard Pérez-Peñaand Alan Blinder.

LAFAYETTE, La. — It wasabout 20 minutes into the 7 p.m.showing of “Trainwreck” whenmoviegoers heard a couple ofpops, like a sound effect glitch.But when the sounds rang outagain it became horribly clearthat this was something else en-tirely.

“From the reflection of themovie, the light, you could see hisgun shining,” said Lucas Knep-per, who was seated in the samemostly empty row as the man inthe short-sleeve, button-downshirt who had begun firing at the20 or so people in the theater.“And then you could see the flashcoming from the chamber.”

Soon two young women lay fa-tally shot, nine other people werewounded, and with that, onThursday night, Lafayette, whichboasts of being the happiest city

in the country, joined Chatta-nooga, Tenn.; Charleston, S.C.;Aurora, Colo.; Newtown, Conn.,and so many others on the longlist of cities scarred by gun vio-lence. The gunman, John RussellHouser, became the latest figurein a gallery of angry men withweapons who walked into a mov-ie theater, a church, a school or aworkplace and shattered thelives of people there.

Accounts from acquaintances,law enforcement officials andcourt records portrayed Mr.Houser, 59, of Phenix City, Ala.,who also took his own life, as aman with a diffuse collection oftroubles and grievances — per-sonal, political and social — whohad a particular anger for wom-en, liberals, the government and

a changing world. Because he had been accused

of both domestic violence and so-liciting arson, though never suc-cessfully prosecuted, he was de-nied a permit to carry a con-cealed pistol. His family repeat-edly described him as violent andmentally ill; his mental healthhad been called into question go-ing back decades, and he spenttime in a hospital receiving psy-chiatric care. He vandalized thehouse he was evicted from lastyear, and tampered with the gaslines in a way that could havecaused a fire or explosion.

Given his history, he should nothave been allowed to own a gun,said Sheriff Heath D. Taylor ofRussell County, where Mr. Hous-er lived.

President Obama has said re-peatedly that each mass shootingcries out for stricter controls tokeep mentally ill people andcriminals from obtaining guns,

Another Angry Face in the Gunmen’s Gallery

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SILENCE AMONG CANDIDATES

The recent mass shootings havenot resonated on the presidentialcampaign trail. Page A11.

By KEN BELSON

SAN DIEGO — Junior Seau’sinduction into the Pro FootballHall of Fame was always going tobe awkward, a chance to cele-brate a marquee player knownfor his bone-crushing careerwhile not dwelling on the injuriesthat might have precipitated hisdeath.

When his induction was an-nounced at the Super Bowl, hisfamily rejoiced and started think-ing about what to say at the cere-mony in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 8.Seau had told them that if he evermade it, he wanted his daughter,Sydney, to introduce him.

But the Hall of Fame does notplan to let Sydney or anyone elsespeak on Seau’s behalf. Instead,it will show a video commemorat-ing his career, while avoidingquestions about his suicide in2012 at age 43 and the subsequentdiagnosis of traumatic brain inju-ry that doctors said they believedwas brought on by hits to hishead.

Nor will the video mention thelawsuit that Seau’s family hasfiled against the N.F.L., which istrying to curb injuries in activeplayers and address brain dis-ease among its almost 20,000 re-tired players.

To the Hall of Fame officials,simply showing the video, whichwill not invoke Seau’s suicide,will keep the focus on his playingdays. To his family still grapplingwith his death, though, the deci-sion diminishes the tribute to oneof the sport’s best linebackersand a highly regarded figure inSouthern California, where hegrew up and played most of hiscareer.

“It’s frustrating because the in-duction is for my father and forthe other players, but then to notbe able to speak, it’s painful,”Sydney said. “I just want to givethe speech he would have given.It wasn’t going to be about thismess. My speech was solelyabout him.”

The Hall said Seau’s brain inju-ry and suicide had nothing to dowith its decision to show only avideo, but Seau’s death continuesto haunt the N.F.L., which collab-orates with the Hall on the in-duction ceremony and for yearsdenied any link between repeat-

NO SUICIDE TALKAT N.F.L. FUNCTION

Seau’s Family Is Denied

Speech at Induction

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DIGITALGLOBE VIA GOOGLE EARTH

BROKE OUT El Chapo escaped the Altipla-no maximum-security prison this month.

ESCAPED The drug kingpin’s first escapewas from Puente Grande prison in 2001.

3 OF A KIND The Matamoros lockup has analmost identical layout to the other two.

By WILLIAM NEUMAN

MEXICO CITY — Ever sincethe powerful drug lord known asEl Chapo escaped from a maxi-mum-security prison through amile-long tunnel that openedright into the shower of his cell,Mexico has been wondering howhis accomplices got their handson the blueprints to operate withsuch pinpoint precision.

The answer could be quite sim-ple: They may have had them foryears.

It turns out that the prison is a

virtual replica of another lockupthat El Chapo, whose real nameis Joaquín Guzmán Loera, brokeout of in 2001 in an almost equallyaudacious escape.

In other words, he essentiallybroke out of the same prisontwice.

The authorities believe that forhis first escape — by some ac-counts, he sneaked out in a laun-dry cart — Mr. Guzmán had thehelp of a top prison security offi-cial who went on to become atrusted member of his Sinaloacartel.

Investigators think that the

confederate, Dámaso López, mayhave taken a copy of the blue-prints for the other prison whenhe left his job around the time ofMr. Guzmán’s earlier escape, asenior Mexican law enforcementofficial said.

And since the layout of the two

prisons is virtually identical,those blueprints could have comein handy when planning thismonth’s breakout.

The official said that Mr. Lópezwas now a prime suspect in thehunt for the people who plannedand carried out this month’s es-cape. Beyond the possible blue-prints, Mr. López is believed tohave close knowledge of the lay-out of the prisons and securityprocedures. The tunnel makersmay have also had the GPS co-ordinates for Mr. Guzmán’s

Prison ‘Chapo’ Fled Has Replicas (He Escaped One of Them, Too)

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Layouts Virtual Match

— Breakout in ’01

Set Stage

Scientists havebeen able tosee the atmos-phere of Pluto,backlit by thesun, in photosfrom the NewHorizons mis-sion. Theyfound molecules in its atmosphere havefallen by half in two years. PAGE A13

NATIONAL A11-16

Shining More Light on PlutoAmerican officials said they would notobject if Jonathan J. Pollard, an Ameri-can convicted of spying for Israel, wasgranted parole in November. PAGE A10

INTERNATIONAL A4-10

U.S.Won’t BlockRelease ofSpyThe editor andcultural critichad long tieswith Interviewmagazine, TheNew Yorkerand VanityFair. She was63. PAGE B8

OBITUARIES B7-8

Ingrid Sischy Is DeadConcern that computer hackers couldgain control of its vehicles led FiatChrysler to a first-of-its-kind recall to re-pair a computer vulnerability. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-6

A Car Recall, for Software

As Bernie Sanders runs for president,his Brooklyn background is a point ofpride to some in the borough. PAGE A15

Sanders Is a Brooklyn Boy

To try to pre-empt an attack, Turkeycarried out airstrikes on three IslamicState targets inside Syria. PAGE A10

Turkey Strikes ISIS in SyriaA new drug that can sharply lower cho-lesterol is likely to heat up the debate onfast-rising drug prices. PAGE B1

Costly Cholesterol Remedy

In the Alps, Chris Froome’s lead was cutby 32 seconds going into the next-to-laststage of the Tour de France. PAGE D5

SPORTSSATURDAY D1-6

Steeper Climb for Tour Leader

Joe Nocera PAGE A21

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A20-21

A former writer for “The Daily Show”recalled a debate he and the host, JonStewart, had in 2011 about race. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-7

A ‘Daily Show’ Dispute on Race

By MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID E. SANGER

WASHINGTON — Americanofficials are concerned that theChinese government could usethe stolen records of millions offederal workers and contractorsto piece together the identities ofintelligence officers secretlyposted in China over the years.

The potential exposure of theintelligence officers could pre-vent a large cadre of Americanspies from ever being postedabroad again, current and formerintelligence officials said. Itwould be a significant setback forintelligence agencies alreadyconcerned that a recent databreach at the Office of PersonnelManagement is a major windfallfor Chinese espionage efforts.

In the days after the breach ofrecords of millions of federalworkers and contractors becamepublic last month, some officialsin the Obama administration saidthat the theft was not as damag-ing as it might have been becausethe Chinese hackers did not gainaccess to the identities of Ameri-can undercover spies.

The records of the C.I.A. andsome other intelligence agencies,they said, were never part of thepersonnel office’s databases, andwere protected during thebreach. Officials said intelligenceagencies were taking steps to tryto mitigate the damage, but it isunclear what they are specifi-cally doing.

But intelligence and congres-sional officials now say there isgreat concern that the hackers —who government officials arenow reluctant to say publiclywere working for the Chinesegovernment — could still use thevast trove of information to iden-tify American spies by a processof elimination. By combining thestolen data with information they

U.S. FEARS DATATAKEN IN HACKINGMAY EXPOSE SPIES

PROCESS OF ELIMINATION

Trove for China Could

Drive Officers From

Overseas Postings

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