LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:
This case presents an issue of first impression for our court. Is a federal employee, even one whose job it is to investigate fraud, a "person" under the False Claims Act such that he may maintain a qui tam action? We disagree with the district court and conclude that there is no basis to except such an employee from personhood. A second question is whether the Act's "public disclosure bar" is an impediment to this suit....
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