Secret Service code names through history

POSTED: 03:33 AM PDT Sep 14, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Sep 13, 2012 

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.

Bill and Hillary Clinton
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President Bill Clinton was known as “Eagle,” and his wife, Hillary, used the name “Evergreen.” Their daughter, Chelsea, was “Energy.”

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