The committee's director is Karl Gallant, a longtime aide to Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas. DeLay will help raise that money. Gallant is operating under section 527 of the federal tax code. In recent years, the IRS has given such groups wide political leeway. They can organize, buy advertising, denounce or praise a candidate.
Contributors can give without limit, in secret.
It's all legal as long as the group doesn't coordinate its actions with candidates or parties. It's not just the conservatives who are going secret. The Sierra Club is using a 527 group to slam the Republicans. But actually we think it should all be disclosed. Its chances are considered slim at best.