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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.

Richard Nixon leaving White House after resigning
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President Richard Nixon was called “Searchlight” by the Secret Service. His wife, Pat, was “Starlight.”

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