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Secret Service code names through history

Published On: Sep 14 2012 03:33:14 AM PDT   Updated On: Sep 13 2012 11:00:00 PM PDT

Since the Secret Service now scrambles its radio communications, there’s no longer much of a security reason for giving presidents and candidates code names, but they are still used out of tradition. Here are some of the not-so-secret code names White House seekers and those close to them have received over the years.

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Cecil Stoughton, White House

President John F. Kennedy was known as “Lancer.” His wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, was “Lace,” and children Caroline and John Jr. were “Lyric” and “Lark.”

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