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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 name United States Secret Service Uniformed Division was adopted in 1977. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers provide protection for the White House Complex, the vice president's residence, the main Treasury Building and Annex, and foreign diplomatic missions and embassies in the Washington, D.C., area.
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 ...
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 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]
Rufus Wayne Youngblood, Jr. (January 13, 1924 – October 2, 1996) was a United States Secret Service agent best known for using his body to shield Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. [1]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service postponed a meeting on Monday where it was due to field questions from Congress about why agents failed to prevent a gunman from almost killing Donald ...