John McLaughlin, a spokesman for the Jackson family, said that despite Randy and Jermaine's reservations about the concert, both planned to participate.

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But John McLaughlin, a top CIA official playing the role of CIA director in the simulation, interrupted the White House meeting to announce that his "analysts" had told him they could not confirm that the cyberattack actually came from Irkutsk.

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Mr. Jain says he was moved by both the music of Indian-born percussionist Trilok Gurtu and the Indian fusion projects of British guitarist John McLaughlin, but the London-based electronic dance music of artists like Talvin Singh and the Asian Dub Foundation exerted the greatest influence on him.

WSJ: Those Infectious Punjabi Dance Rhythms | Sunny Jain | Red Baraat | By Martin Johnson