Meet one of Washington DC's most arrogant and, until May 10, 2013, most politically-invisible people in the Obama Administration—Lois G. Lerner.

eet one of Washington DC's most arrogant and, until May 10, 2013, most politically-invisible people in the Obama Administration—Lois G. Lerner. Lerner is generally, although mistakenly, viewed by the media as an apolitical, albeit leftwing, bureaucrat with no political axes to grind. The branding of Lerner was accomplished by Larry M. Noble (who retired from government service at the end of Clinton's reign. From 1979 until the end of 2000, Noble served as counsel of the Federal Election Commission [FEC]. Noble came into government near the end of Jimmy Carter's one term and left at the end of Bill Clinton's second term. Noble, whose own political pedigree is as opaque as Barack Obama's transparent administration, rose to General Counsel of the FEC in 1987. He hired Lois Lerner, whose questionable, partisan political ethics began there. Because questions arose early about Lerner's obvious discrimination against conservatives, Noble was forced to defend his associate general counsel in the pubic arena by assuring the Reaganites that she was completely apolitical, and that she was devoted only to increasing regulations while limiting the influence of money in politics—Republican money, it turned out.

Reports written by Lerner as the Associate General Counsel at the FEC (uncovered by National Review) show "...she was predisposed to back Republicans against the wall while giving Democrats a pass." National Review noted that while the reports, at that time, were signed by Noble, sources at the FEC confirmed that, given her role at the FEC, Lerner would have shaped the views and conclusions. "As head of Enforcement at the FEC, Lerner would have approved the drafting of every General Counsel's Report." Her thoughts. Her words. Her reports. Camouflaged with Noble's signature.

When former Gov. Haley Barbour [R-MS] was the chairman of the Republican National Committee, the RNC created the nonprofit National Policy Forum just before the 1994 political season when the GOP took control of Congress. The Democratic National Committee accused Barbour of funneling Hong Kong money through the National Policy Forum to the RNC. In 1994, the DNC accused the RNC of taking a contribution from Young Brothers Company, a US corporation owned by the sons of Hong Kong tycoon Ambrous Tung Young. What happened was that the Young brothers loaned the National Policy Foundation $1.6 million. The NPF used the loan to repay a loan owed to the RNC. The liberal media, including TIME, reported that Young Brothers was essentially a shell company with negligible assets and income. The FEC decided the loan was a contribution and not a loan; and that US election law prohibited campaign contributions from overseas sources; and it also prohibits funneling money through "front groups" that hide the true source of the money.

The report, over the signature of the general counsel, concluded that Barbour and the RNC treasurer, Alec Poiteviant "...knowingly and willingly violated federal law." The very prolonged investigation launched by Lerner ultimately stalled and finally petered out, leading to a partyline 3 to 3 stalemate among the six FEC commissioners. She was determined to put Barbour in prison, but she failed. On paper, Noble was the driving force behind the RNC probe. In the end, Attorney General Janet Reno found nothing she could hang her hat on—or hang Barbour and Poiteviant. Try as they did to concur with the FEC, the career lawyers in the Justice Dept. concluded that the loan was a loan, and not a political contribution.

This is Lois Lerner. A very complex, rabid leftwing activist who, since 1986, has been able to wear one of the largest leftwing pairs of hobnail boots in the government bureaucracy simply because Noble convinced the right that Lerner was apolitical—and his signature camouflaged her edicts. When you're the invisible enemy of the right, stealth is power.

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