Renegade (Barack Obama) Traditional Cache
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The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. 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, and tradition. The Secret Service does not choose these names, however. The White House Communications Agency assigns them.
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. Traditionally, all family members' code names start with the same letter, and the presidents and their family members can choose their code names from a list.
The 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 their normal definitions.
Renegade (Barack Obama)
This Secret Service code name belonged to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. Obama reportedly picked this moniker from a list of code names that started with R. No word on what the other choices were.
FLOTUS: Michelle Obama – Renaissance
Malia Obama – Radiance
Sasha Obama – Rosebud
VICE-PRESIDENT: Joe Biden -- Celtic
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