Secret Service codename

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The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. Presidents, First Ladies, and other prominent persons and locations.[1] The Secret Service does not choose these names, however. The White House Communications Agency or 'WHCA' (originally created as the White House Signal Detachment under Theodore Roosevelt) actually assigns these names.[citation needed]

The WHCA, an agency of the White House Military Office, is headquartered at Anacostia Navy Yard and consists of six staff elements and seven organizational units. WHCA also has supporting detachments in Washington, D.C. and various locations throughout the United States of America.

According to 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 native language.[citation needed]

The 'secret' codenames change over time for security purposes, but are often publicly known. For security, codenames are generally picked from a list of such 'good' words, but avoiding the use of common words which could likely be intended to mean its normal definition.

Because codewords are intended to be secret, the following is necessarily an incomplete list:


Contents

[edit] General codenames

[edit] Presidents of the United States and their families

[edit] Vice Presidents of the United States and their families

[edit] Presidential candidates and their families

[edit] Government officials

[edit] Congressional officials

[edit] Other individuals

[edit] Locations and others

[edit] Fictional

The practice of assigning codenames has often been extended into fictional shows about the President or other high-ranking figures.

[edit] References

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