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.

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Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan picked “Bowhunter” for his name. Not coincidentally, Ryan is an archer who enjoys bowhunting deer. Ryan’s wife, Janna, goes by “Buttercup.”

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