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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:


General codenames

Presidents of the United States and their families

Vice Presidents of the United States and their families

Presidential candidates and their families

Government officials

Congressional officials

Other individuals

Locations and others

Fictional

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Junior Secret Service Program: Assignment 7. Code Names". National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Secret Service Codenames" (HTML). 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. Retrieved 2007-02-24. Cite error: The named reference "2600-SecServ" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Taraborrelli, Randy J. (2000). Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot. Warner Books. p. 15. ISBN 0446524263. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  4. ^ a b c d Kenneth T. Walsh. Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes
  5. ^ "'President Bush's Day of Terror Timeline". Fox News. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "NNDB List of Secret Service Codenames" (HTML language=English). Retrieved 2008-02-25. {{cite web}}: Missing pipe in: |format= (help)
  7. ^ a b c "'Renegade' Joins Race For White House: Obama Is Given Code Name by Secret Service". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  8. ^ a b "CNN Transcript, Aired July 29, 2004 - 14:33 ET". Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  9. ^ "Bloomberg Politics". Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i Williams, Stephen P. (2004). How to be President. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-4316-5.
  11. ^ "The West Wing Transcripts - Episode 102". Retrieved 2007-08-10.
  12. ^ "The West Wing Transcripts - Episode 703". Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  13. ^ a b "The West Wing Transcripts - Episode 509". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  14. ^ a b "The West Wing Transcripts - Episode 110". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  15. ^ "24 Addict: "Citadel is down." 4pm-5pm".
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