<p>Barbara Boxer may not look much like a football player, but she has demonstrated the skill of an all-pro lineman when it comes to protecting Gina McCarthy, President Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.</p><p>President Obama hailed McCarthy as a "straight shooter" in her introductory press conference, but a review conducted by Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, indicates she is anything but.</p><p>McCarthy participated in former Administrator Lisa Jackson's use of an alias email account for communications with senior officials and executives of friendly outside groups and, evidence suggests, in her use of Instant Messaging accounts to avoid having these communications susceptible to being turned over as a result of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.</p><p>Horner discovered the alias email account during research for his book, "The Liberal War on Transparency." He has since found out virtually all messages from McCarthy and almost all messages to her were either withheld, redacted or had the to and from lines removed so neither CEI nor any other group could determine the sender or recipients.</p><p><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/23/boxers-claims-on-behalf-of-epa-nominee-dont-hold-water/">Keep reading...</a></p>