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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In 2008, Republican presidential nominee John McCain was called “Phoenix,” a name he let the Secret Service choose for him. His wife, Cindy, went by “Parasol.” The McCain children also got code names: Meghan McCain was “Peter Sellers,” John Sidney McCain IV was “Popeye” and Bridget McCain was “Pebbles.”
