[backwardm]

After reading many of these articles about the NSA I keep wondering if they have an office specifically tasked with thinking up code names for these projects. I personally would find it difficult to keep them all straight—this article, for example, contained a new one to me: ONIONBREATH.

Just an odd image in my mind of a group of top-security clearance, extremely well trained, able-minded people who think up silly code names like these.

[code_duck]

Many government agencies do this - check out the names for DEA stings, or even FDA operations.

[noir_lord]

TOR - The Onion Router.

Would be a hell of a co-incidence if it wasn't a reference.