Just to state it as clearly as I understand the situation:
There is absolutely no link between Senator Loren and the UA. Drew had begun the process of trying to develop her story in the game world, following on from the events of his book - and this all started to kick off soon after the UA was first discovered and the collective community clamour really started to kick in.
However, he confirmed that they were not linked, and that it was just him trying to weave it together to create a sense of mystery and to make it all more 'alive'.
After the recent announcement that he was leaving the ED universe, in a player capacity, for the foreseeable future (possibly till August, if the upcoming surprise touted by FDev was good enough) this end to the Loren story is a neat way of writing her out without explicitly killing her off. As was suggested by Zenith (+rep there).
So we must not waste any time on Ms Loren, and I dare say somebody should be updating the Wiki to reflect this. If I get a moment I will do so, just can't promise anything (sorry peeps).