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From Mike Allen's Playbook:
FIRST FAMILY SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES, via Chicago Tribune, which explains: “The Secret Service traditionally has given pithy, private names to those whose lives they protect. The monikers are a throwback to a time when electronic communications were not encrypted, and they no longer serve a security function. Still, they give an occasional peek at the players' personalities, in addition to serving as great trivia questions.” President-elect Obama: RenegadeMichelle Obama: RenaissanceMalia Obama: RadianceSasha Obama: RosebudVice President-elect Joe Biden: CelticJill Biden: CapriWho would have thought that the floweriest descriptors of the Obama clan would come not from the in-the-tank press but the Secret Service?
