I certainly know nothing of the motives of this investigation, but a quoted passage in the main article states that the inquiry is about "whether the Department

I certainly know nothing of the motives of this investigation, but a quoted passage in the main article states that the inquiry is about "whether the Department of Defense experimented with ticks and other insects regarding use as a biological weapon between the years of 1950 and 1975" rather than the highly implausible and easily discredited characterization that the government may have somehow invented the Lyme bacterium.