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[[File:Jfk-appleton.jpg|thumb|right|President [[John F. Kennedy]], codename "Lancer" with First Lady [[Jacqueline Kennedy]], codename "Lace"]]
 
The [[United States Secret Service]] uses [[code name]]s for [[President of the United States|U.S. presidents]], [[First Lady of the United States|first ladies]], and other [[Very Important Person|prominent persons]] and locations.<ref name="junior">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/eise/secret16.htm |title=Junior Secret Service Program: Assignment 7. Code Names |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=2007-08-18}}</ref> The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive [[Telecommunications|electronic communications]] were not routinely [[Secure communication|encrypted]]; today, the names simply serve for purposes of brevity, clarity, and tradition.<ref name="cbs-codenames">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/16/earlyshow/main4452073.shtml?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919214445/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/16/earlyshow/main4452073.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 19, 2008|work=RSSattr=Politics_4452073 |title=Candidate Code Names Secret Service Monikers Used on the Campaign Trail |publisher=CBS News |date=2008-09-16|access-date= 2008-11-12}}</ref><ref name="eurweb-codenames">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur48530.cfm |title=Obama's Secret Service Code Name Revealed |publisher=Eurweb |date=2008-09-16 |access-date=2008-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107194453/http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur48530.cfm |archive-date=2009-01-07}}</ref> The Secret Service does not choose these names, however. The [[White House Communications Agency]] maintains a list that candidates choose from, often choosing ones that resonate with them personally.<ref name=Pioneer/><ref name="chicagotribune-obama1">{{Cite news |last=Huppke |first=Rex W. |date=2008-11-10 |title='Renegade' joins 'Twinkle,' 'Rawhide,' 'Lancer' on list of Secret Service code names |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-secret-service-code-names-obama,0,2687400.story |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=2008-11-12}}</ref>
 
According to an established protocol, good codewords are unambiguous words that can be easily pronounced and readily understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their [[First language|native language]]. Traditionally, all family members' code names start with the same letter.<ref name=Pioneer/>
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* [[Harry S. Truman]] – General<ref name="chicagotribune-obama1" /> or Supervise<ref name=Kahn>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAkPzAdYQXsC&pg=PA160 |pages=160–166 |title=The Secret Service of Alan Kahn |first=Steven |last=Scher |date=5 February 2010 |isbn=9781450026413 }}</ref><ref name=Kessler>{{cite book|title=In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect|year=2009|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|last=Kessler|first=Ronald|isbn=9780307461353|url=https://archive.org/details/inpresidentssecr00kess|url-access=registration}}</ref>
** [[Bess Truman]] – Sunnyside<ref name="Kahn" /><ref name=Kessler /><ref name=Flying />
* [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] – Scorecard<ref name="junior" /> or Providence<ref name=Kahn /><ref name=Kessler /><ref name="AF1" />
** [[Mamie Eisenhower]] – Springtime<ref name=Kahn /><ref name=Kessler /><ref name=Flying /><ref name="AF1" /><ref name=China />
** [[David Eisenhower]] – Sahara<ref name="China" />
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** [[Rose Kennedy]] – Coppertone<ref name=Kahn />
** [[Ethel Kennedy]] – Sundance<ref name=Kahn />
* [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] – Volunteer<ref name=Kahn /><ref name=Kessler /><ref name="AF1" />
** [[Lady Bird Johnson]] – Victoria<ref name=Kahn /><ref name=Kessler /><ref name="AF1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JTZgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z28NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4887,2182479|title=Saskatoon Star-Phoenix - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=July 14, 2024}}</ref>
** [[Lynda Bird Johnson Robb|Lynda Bird Johnson]] – Velvet<ref name="AF1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AlQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5539,3833152|title=Lynda Out of the Woods|accessdate=July 14, 2024}}</ref>
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** [[Elizabeth Dole]] – Pioneer
* [[Jack Kemp]] – Champion<ref name=Bump/>
** [[Joanne Kemp]] – Cornerstone<ref>{{cite web |title=ON THE SIDELINES |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812110449/https://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-29/features/9609290282_1_joanne-kemp-jack-kemp-bob-dole |archive-date=August 12, 2018 |url-status=live |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-29/features/9609290282_1_joanne-kemp-jack-kemp-bob-dole}}</ref>
 
===2000===
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** John Sidney McCain IV – Popeye<ref name="twitter-2010-11-13" />
** Bridget McCain – Pebbles<ref name="twitter-2010-11-13" />
* [[Sarah Palin]] – Denali<ref name=Kessler /><ref name="wapost-denali">{{cite news |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/10/palin_code_name_denali.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405184821/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/10/palin_code_name_denali.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |title=Palin Code Name: 'Denali'|access-date= 2008-09-14 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>
** [[Todd Palin]] – Driller<ref name=Kessler /><ref name="wapost-denali" />
 
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===2020===
* [[Bernie Sanders]] – Intrepid<ref name=Intrepid/>
* [[Donald Trump]] – Mogul, Hawk Eye <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/28/1108301900/witness-recalls-trump-lunging-for-the-wheel-when-told-he-couldnt-go-to-the-capit|title=Witness recalls Trump lunging for the wheel when told he couldn't go to the Capitol|first=Ximena|last=Bustillo|publisher=NPR|date=June 28, 2022|accessdate=June 28, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Kamala Harris]] – Pioneer<ref name=Pioneer>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/kamala-harris-secret-service-code-name-pioneer/index.html|title=First on CNN: Kamala Harris chooses 'Pioneer' as her Secret Service code name|publisher=CNN|date=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
 
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*** Senior assistant [[Clark MacGregor]] – Whipcrack<ref name=China />
*** Assistant for Legislative Affairs [[William Timmons (lobbyist)|William Timmons]] – Windowpane<ref name=China />
*** Dr. [[Walter R. Tkach|Walter Tkach]] (Physician to the president) – Signature<ref name=China />
*** Director of the White House Office of Presidential Advance, later Director of the [[National Park Service]], [[Ronald H. Walker]] – Roadrunner<ref name=China />
*** Personal secretary [[Rose Mary Woods]] – Strawberry<ref name=Kahn /><ref name=China />
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** [[Pope John Paul II]] – Halo<ref name=Kahn /><ref name="BBC" />
 
==Locations, objects, places and placesparts of Secret Service==
U.S. Secret Service codenames are not only given to people; they are often given to places, locations and even objects, such as aircraft like [[Air Force One]], and vehicles such as the [[Presidential State Car (United States)|Presidential State Car]].
* [[Joint Base Andrews]], in [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]], [[Maryland]] – Acrobat or Andy<ref name="how-to">{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Stephen P. |title=How to be President |year=2004 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco |isbn=0-8118-4316-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/howtobepresident00will }}</ref>
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* [[J. Edgar Hoover Building]] ([[FBI]] Headquarters) – Cork<ref name="Manchester" />
* [[Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park|Lyndon Baines Johnson's ranch]] – Volcano<ref name="Manchester" />
* Secret Service Counterassault Team – Hawkeye<ref name=Investigates>[https://apnews.com/article/secret-service-trump-rally-4e3415b1461f5acefbc8e1fadad0375b The Secret Service is investigating how a man who shot and injured Trump was able to get so close]</ref>
* Secret Service Counter-sniper Team – Hercules<ref name=Investigates/>
 
==In fiction==
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* ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]''
** President Tom Kirkman – Phoenix (formerly Glasses during his time as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2016/sep/30/designated-survivor-kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer|title=Designated Survivor: where’s Jack Bauer when you need him?|first=Julia|last=Raeside|date=September 30, 2016|accessdate=July 14, 2024|via=The Guardian}}</ref>
* ''[[First Daughter (2004 film)|First Daughter]]''
** [[First family of the United States|First Daughter]] Samantha Mackenzie – Lucky Charm<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361620/quotes/|title=First Daughter (2004) - Quotes - IMDb|accessdate=July 14, 2024|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>
* ''[[First Kid]]''
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* ''[[Jericho (2006 TV series)|Jericho]]''
** President Jon Tomarchio – Condor<ref>[[List of jericho episodes#Season 2]]</ref>
* ''[[The Night Agent]]''
** Maddie Redfield (VP Daughter) — Badger
** Omar Zadar (PIF leader) — Osprey
* ''[[The Prodigal Daughter]]''
** President Florentyna Kane – Baroness<ref>{{cite book |last=Archer |first=Jeffrey |author-link=Jeffrey Archer |title=The Prodigal Daughter |year=1982 |publisher=St. Martin's Paperbacks |isbn=978-0-312-99714-4 |page=496 |url=https://archive.org/details/prodigaldaughter0000arch |url-access=registration }}</ref>
*''[[Red, White & Royal Blue|Red, White and Royal Blue]]''
** [[First family of the United States|First Son]] Alexander Claremont-Diaz — Barracuda
** [[First family of the United States|First Daughter]] June Claremont-Diaz — Bluebonnet
* ''[[Scandal (TV series)|Scandal]]''
** President Fitzgerald Thomas "Fitz" Grant III – Falcon<ref name ="Scandal Transcript S6 E08">{{Cite web|url=https://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=37594|title=06x08 - A Stomach For Blood - Transcripts - Forever Dreaming|website=transcripts.foreverdreaming.org|accessdate=July 14, 2024}}</ref>
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** Gus Westin (grandson of [[Josiah Bartlet|Jed Bartlet]]) – Tonka<ref name="wwtranscript112">{{cite web |url=http://www.westwingtranscripts.com/search.php?flag=getTranscript&id=99 |title=The West Wing Transcripts – Episode 509 |access-date=2010-09-21}}</ref>
** [[Arnold Vinick]] – Big Sur<ref name="wwtranscript113">{{cite web |url=http://www.livedash.com/transcript/the_west_wing-(the_mommy_problem)/7242/BRAVOP/Thursday_August_26_2010/423149/ |title=The West Wing, Episode 7.03, LiveDash TV Transcript |access-date=2011-04-15 }}</ref>
*[[Red, White & Royal Blue|Red, White and Royal Blue]]
** [[First family of the United States|First Son]] Alexander Claremont-Diaz — Barracuda
** [[First family of the United States|First Daughter]] June Claremont-Diaz — Bluebonnet
* ''[[The Night Agent]]''
** Maddie Redfield (VP Daughter) — Badger
** Omar Zadar (PIF leader) — Osprey
 
==See also==