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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 use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communications were not routinely encrypted ; today, the names simply serve for purposes of brevity, clarity ...
Oh, Brother! Clinton Fears the Next Gaffe (14 October, 1994), by Geordie Greig for the premise that "By the time that Bill Clinton had been installed as the forty-second President of the United States, the Secret Service had already given his half-brother Roger a code name: Headache." I cannot find a copy of the original article, so it's hard ...
The Secret Service is tasked with ensuring the safety of the president of the United States, the vice president of the United States, the president-elect of the United States, the vice president-elect of the United States, and their immediate families; former presidents, their spouses and their children under the age of 16; those in the presidential line of succession, major presidential and ...
As of 1965, presidents are given Secret Service protection their entire life, unless they decline (they can only decline once they are a 'former' president). Their spouses are also entitled to ...
In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect is a book by Ronald Kessler, published on August 4, 2009, detailing the United States Secret Service involvement in protecting the president of the United States. The book is based on interviews with more than 100 current and ...
In 1965, DeProspero joined the Secret Service, where he moved up the ranks and held many positions. [1] In 1981 after the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, he took charge of Reagan's security detail. [1] The following year, DeProspero was appointed to head the Presidential Protective Division. [1]
“There is no such thing as 100% security,” said Paul Eckloff, who served as a Secret Service agent for 22 years, including on details protecting Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Trump.
James Joseph Rowley (October 14, 1908 – November 1, 1992) was the head of the United States Secret Service between 1961 and 1973, [1] under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Rowley was born in Bronx County, New York to James J. Rowley and Bridget Theresa McTeague. [2]