LIST 38

33 Names of Defense Department Internal Investigations

Unlike almost all other government agencies and offices, the Inspector General of the Defense Department still uses imaginative names for its investigations.

1. Operation Electric Avenue

2. Operation Brown Bag

3. Operation Cobra Nest

4. Operation Afterglow

5. Operation Bad Back

6. Operation Kaboom

7. Project Knotdock

8. Operation Bad Gas

9. Operation Goldbrick

10. Operation Shrinkwrap

11. Project Mongoose

12. Emergentology

13. Operation Busted Dreams

14. Operation Treasure Trolls

15. Operation Wingit

16. Project Excess

17. Operation Big Foot

18. Project Crank Call

19. Project Easy Pickings

20. Operation Aquaknot

21. Project Can't Be

22. Project Crypto Night

23. Operation Kill-Dare

24. Operation Kick the Can

25. Project Deadpool

26. Project Back Orifice 2000

27. Operation The Craft

28. Project Walk Along

29. Operation Chosen Path

30. Project Blue Lagoon

31. Project: X-Files

32. Operation Hack in the Box

33. Operation Gold Coat

The investigations listed above have been closed in the past few years. If you'd like to find out more about any of them, write a letter mentioning the Freedom of Information Act and asking for the final report and/or closing memo on whichever investigations tickle your fancy. Mention how much you're willing to pay. Mail, fax, or email it to:

 

Inspector General, Department of Defense
Freedom of Information Act & Privacy
Act Office
400 Army Navy Drive, Room 223
Arlington, Virginia 22202-4704
fax: 703-602-0294
email: FOIA@dodig.osd.mil

Thanks to Michael Ravnitzky