Times: Ethics Prosecutor Favored as Special Master of Zadroga Fund

The New York Times reported earlier this month that R. Blake Chisam, a former prosecutor for the U.S. House Ethics Committee, has broad support among first responders to the Sept. 1, 2001, World Trade Center attacks to become special master for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.Congress reopened the fund and extended it to provide compensation, monitoring and treatment for 9/11 responders under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.The act was named after New York City Police Department Detective James Zadroga, the first responder to die from a lung ailment linked to the W...