Sunday, June 1, 2008

Secret Service Codenames

The American Secret Service uses codewords to refer to the dignitaries they protect. It's more for clarity and efficiency over the radio than secrecy, per se, so the codenames are pretty widely known. Here's a few current ones:

G.W. Bush: "Trailblazer"
Bill Clinton: "Elvis"
Hillary Clinton: "Evergreen"
Barack Obama: "Renegade"
John McCain: "Phoenix"


-t

3 comments:

Unknown said...

You're wrong, but good attempt.

Tay Moss said...
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Tay Moss said...

Really? I got those off of Wikipedia. Obama's was also reported in The Guardian. H. Clinton revealed hers at a campaign stop. To be accurate, I'm told they do change these codenames from time to time. So B. Clinton was also known, according to the press, as "Eagle," and G.W. Bush was "Tumbler" for a while.

-t