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Jerry Seper

jseper@washingtontimes.com

Jerry Seper was a writer for The Washington Times.

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**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. speaks July 26, 2012, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Feds sue hospice chain for false Medicare claims

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against the largest for-profit hospice chain in the United States, charging that the company knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for services that were not necessary, not actually provided or not performed in accordance with Medicare requirements.

May 2, 2013
** FILE ** FBI agents walk along Norfolk Street in Cambridge, Mass., on April 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

IGs probe government’s handling of Boston intel info

The inspectors general of the intelligence community, the CIA, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have begun a "coordinated and independent review" of the government's handling of intelligence information leading up to the Boston Marathon bombings.

May 1, 2013
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Holder says ‘We must not tolerate acts of hatred’ against ethnic groups

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday said that while the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing remains ongoing and that the Justice Department will hold accountable those responsible, his office is "firmly committed" to protecting innocent people "against misguided acts of retaliation."

April 29, 2013
** FILE ** New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, accompanied by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, addresses a news conference in the Blue Room of New York's City Hall, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Interrogation halt of bombing suspect called ‘mistake’

A senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday described as a "big mistake" a decision to shut down the interrogation of the surviving accused Boston Marathon bomber before the FBI had completed its questioning so he could be read his Miranda rights.

April 25, 2013
A funeral was held Monday for Boston Marathon bombing victim Krystle Campbell at St. Joseph’s Church in Medford, Mass. According to a restaurant manager, Ms. Campbell was at the scene to watch a friend finish the race. (Associated Press)

Boston bombing suspect faces civilian court, not ‘enemy combatant’ status

Federal prosecutors charged suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction in the deadly attack on the Boston Marathon, as the Obama administration opted for a civilian court with a possible death sentence over dubbing him an "enemy combatant" for investigative reasons.

April 22, 2013

Guinea-Bissau army chief charged with aiding FARC

The head of the Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces has been charged in federal court in New York with conspiring with a South America-based terrorist organization to sell weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, to be used against U.S. military forces and to import narcotics into the United States.

April 18, 2013
** FILE ** Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Package sent to ‘toughest sheriff’ in Arizona contained explosives

Law enforcement authorities are continuing their investigation into the source of a package addressed to Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" that contained explosive materials. The package was discovered Thursday at a post office in Flagstaff, Ariz.

April 14, 2013

Two acquitted Mich. militia members charge FBI violated their rights

Two members of a Michigan militia group acquitted last year of conspiring to overthrow the U.S. government and kill police officers have accused FBI and Michigan State Police officials in a lawsuit of violating their constitutional rights when they raided their homes and seized their weapons.

April 9, 2013
Michele M. Leonhart

DEA breaks up suspected Colombia/Guinea-Bissau drug ring

U.S. drug agents have disrupted a suspected major drug smuggling operation accused of engaging in narcoterrorism, conspiring to import drugs into the United States, and providing aid and weapons — including surface-to-air missiles — to a South American paramiltary terrorist group.

April 7, 2013
**FILE** Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector headquarters on Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

Border Patrol agents dodge sequestration, avoid furloughs, pay cuts

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has postponed the planned furlough of Border Patrol agents as a result of sequestration, which would have eliminated as many as 5,000 agents off the line, and delayed a proposed cut in overtime pay that would have cost each agent $7,000 a year.

April 1, 2013
**FILE** David Byrnes (right), Sheriff of Kaufman County, bows his head as Mike McLelland, District Attorney of Kaufman County answers questions at a Jan. 31, 2013, news conference at the Kaufman Law Enforcement Center in Kaufman, Texas. (Associated Press/The Dallas Morning News)

FBI, Texas Rangers helm probe of DA killings

The FBI and the Texas Rangers have taken the lead in the investigation of the shooting deaths of Kaufman County, Texas, District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, whose bodies were found Saturday night inside their rural Forney, Texas, home.

April 1, 2013

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March 28, 2013