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Kelly Riddell is a former columnist and commentary writer for The Washington Times.

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Attorney General Eric Holder, accompanied by, from left, U.S. Attorney for Western District of Pennsylvania David Hickton, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin, and FBI Executive Associate Director Robert Anderson, speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, May 19, 2014. Holder was announcing that a U.S. grand jury has charged five Chinese hackers with economic espionage and trade secret theft, the first-of-its-kind criminal charges against Chinese military officials in an international cyber-espionage case. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

U.S. indicts notorious Russian hacker

A Russian hacker was charged with directing a worldwide network of computer servers used and manipulated by cybercriminals to spread malicious viruses and systematically steal millions of dollars from consumers and businesses, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday.

June 2, 2014
FILE - This May 19, 2014 file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder taking questions during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington where he announced that a U.S. grand jury has charged five Chinese hackers with economic espionage and trade secret theft. In a 31-count indictment, the Justice Department said five Chinese military officials operating under hacker aliases such as “Ugly Gorilla,” "KandyGoo" and "Jack Sun" stole confidential business information, sensitive trade secrets and internal communications for competitive advantage. The U.S. identified the alleged victims as Alcoa World Alumina, Westinghouse, Allegheny Technologies, U.S. Steel, United Steelworkers Union and SolarWorld. China denied it all. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Former U.S. Attorney refutes Eric Holder’s stance on mandatory minimums

Reducing the amount of time low-level drug offenders serve in jail will lead to fewer drug kingpins getting convicted and increase the amount of crime on the nation's streets, a former U.S. attorney testified Friday before a House panel — a direct contradiction of Attorney General Eric Holder's push to lower mandatory minimums.

May 30, 2014
** FILE ** In this photo taken on Thursday, June 27, 2013, Richard Taylor manager of at Firing-Line gun store in Aurora, Colo., shows some of the pistols that he won't be able to sell after June 30, 2013, because their magazines hold more than 15 rounds. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

‘Operation Choke Point’ forces bank to dump gun store

A Massachusetts gun seller says it's the latest victim of a federal multiagency task force that is squeezing financing sources for industries deemed "high-risk" by the Obama administration, such as porn stores, drug paraphernalia shops and gun merchants.

May 28, 2014
** FILE ** Senate Rules Committee member Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, joined by the committee's ranking member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz scolds FBI director on handling of IRS probe

Sen. Ted Cruz, a tea party favorite and on the short list of Republicans considering a 2016 presidential bid, railed against FBI Director James Comey's handling of the IRS investigation that targeted tea party nonprofit applicants for undue examination.

May 21, 2014
Indicted: Five members of an elite Chinese army group have been charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. accuses them of hacking U.S. corporations and labor organizations. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Hacking indictments could open new phase of confrontation between U.S., China

The Justice Department's indictments of five Chinese army officials accused of hacking U.S. companies escalated cybersecurity tensions between Washington and Beijing on Monday and opened what some analysts and U.S. lawmakers called a new phase in the confrontation between the world's two most powerful nations.

May 19, 2014
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, left, and Deputy Attorney General James Cole, right, watch as Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department, on Monday, May 19, 2014, in Washington. The Justice Department on Monday charged Credit Suisse AG with helping wealthy Americans avoid paying taxes through offshore accounts, and a person familiar with the matter said the European bank has agreed to pay about $2.6 billion in penalties. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Swiss bank admits aiding tax evasion, to pay $2.6 billion fine

Switzerland's second-largest bank pleaded guilty Monday to helping U.S. citizens cheat on their taxes and had agreed to pay $2.6 billion in penalties, an amount the Justice Department called the largest fine ever in a criminal tax case.

May 19, 2014

Lawmakers may rein in bank regulations hurting gun dealers

Republican lawmakers accused the Obama administration Monday of overreach in its stringent scrutiny of industries it considers "high risk," saying legislation may be needed to rein in a regulation regime that has targeted gun retailers, who complain that federal action is limiting their access to banks and squeezing them out of business.

May 19, 2014
Attorney General Eric Holder listens during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, May 19, 2014. Holder announced that a U.S. grand jury has charged five Chinese hackers with economic espionage and trade secret theft, the first-of-its-kind criminal charges against Chinese military officials in an international cyber-espionage case. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Justice Department charges five Chinese with cyber-espionage

U.S. authorities charged five Chinese military personnel with hacking American businesses’ computers to steal trade secrets and gain a competitive advantage — the first time in U.S. history that criminal charges have been filed against another country for cyber-espionage.

May 19, 2014
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) at his office on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Calls mounting to oust VA chief Eric Shinseki

The top Republican of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee said Tuesday that the Obama administration's Department of Veterans Affairs is so dysfunctional that it's time to fire Secretary Eric K. Shinseki.

May 6, 2014