[Grut]

Indeed, separate from the legislative, executive and judicial branches?

Absent a constitutional amendment, the USIG would have to belong to one of these branches since they make up the whole government. That quibble aside, not a bad idea although I suspect the whole office would be corrupted almost instantly.

[sociotard]

Uh, you'll have to clear that up for me. How do current federal orgainizations (FBI, FDA, IRS, etc) fit into the the standard three branches? I was under the impression that they generally didn't fit into any of them.