[markuse]

Doesn't this just confirm this though:

> And truth be told, it seems like Emanuel - who seems to have said some pretty unpleasant things and is the primary target here - was roped in as a way to tarnish Lee's more recent, more relevant, more even-handed comments.

Lee never defines active as having to do with professional activity (at least not in what's quoted in the article), that is Emanuel's definition.