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To: Meet the New Boss

Aren’t code names assigned randomly?


3 posted on 05/25/2018 11:38:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Aren’t code names assigned randomly?

I don't know about that.

One of my faves was the NJ State Police investigation of prostitution at a Dunkin' Donuts shop.

They called it "Operation Extra Sugar".

8 posted on 05/25/2018 11:47:27 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers)
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/fbi-code-names-investigations-crossfire-hurricane.html


20 posted on 05/25/2018 12:11:49 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: BenLurkin

Code names are somewhat random but if operations are related the code names will also have a relationship. In a program I was in, we had programs with code names related to high school themes. So it was easy to tell if the programs had some relationship to one another.

I don’t think it is unreasonable to use code names related to a movie but it is unreasonable to expect any relationship between something in the movie and the actual operation.

I will make up an example: Take the movie Wizard of Oz. One program could be called “Wickied Witch” and a related program could be called “Toto” but these would not tell anyone something about the programs except for the fact that the code words put them under perhaps the same branch office of the government.


25 posted on 05/25/2018 12:22:53 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom
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