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Kelly Riddell

kriddell@washingtontimes.com

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

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** FILE ** In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, a passer-by walks near an entrance to a Target retail store in Watertown, Mass. The security breach that hit Target Corp. during the crucial holiday season seemed to be part of a broader and highly sophisticated scam that affected several retailers, says a report published by a global cyber intelligence firm that works with the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Target data breach went on after fix statement, executive says

Target’s massive data breach that exposed 40 million debit and credit card accounts during last year’s busy holiday shopping season went on longer than the company suspected, John Mulligan, the company’s chief financial officer, told a Senate panel Tuesday.

February 4, 2014
A makeshift memorial sits outside the home of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in New York. Hoffman, 46, was found dead Sunday in his apartment of a suspected drug overdose. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Hoffman’s death highlights U.S. spike in heroin use

The heroin overdose that apparently led to actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's death epitomizes what U.S. officials say is an alarming trend — that the powerful street narcotic is being used by more and more Americans to shoot up in quantities and mixtures not fully understood.

February 3, 2014
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) speaks to an member of his staff in his office on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 15, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Holder shrugs off Obama pot comments

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. acknowledged the use of synthetic drugs is growing among U.S. teenagers, but rejected a suggestion that President Obama's recent comments equating the dangers of marijuana with those of alcohol might lead more young people to experiment with pot.

January 29, 2014
** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Dept. has blown $100M on faulty grants: IG

The Department of Justice has squandered as much as $100 million in taxpayer dollars over the past five years by issuing grants to duplicative organizations or to programs that don't follow through on the promises, programs, and compliance requirements tied to their receiving the funds.

January 28, 2014
**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder: U.S. investigating big banks and voter fraud

No financial institutions are too big to indict, the new voter identification law that was presented in Congress needs to be strengthened, and the National Security Agency's controversial policy of collecting phone record data is completely legal, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on MSNBC Friday.

January 24, 2014