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2016 Postmortem

kpete

(72,013 posts) Fri Feb 12, 2016, 09:50 AM Feb 2016

"Intrepid"

Bernie Sanders has a Secret Service nickname.
https://twitter.com/bpshow/status/697769310446456833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Washington (CNN)The U.S. Secret Service has given Democratic presidential Bernie Sanders the code name "Intrepid."

Sources familiar with the Vermont senator's security moniker confirmed it to CNN Thursday. The Bill Press Show tweeted out Sanders code name Thursday morning. Both the Sanders campaign and the Secret Service declined to comment.

Sanders was granted Secret Service protection just two days after narrow loss in Iowa, based in part on his large crowd sizes.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/politics/bernie-sanders-secret-service-codename-intrepid/

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"Intrepid" (Original Post) kpete Feb 2016 OP

I love it. PonyUp Feb 2016 #1

I've never understood the logic of having a code name and everybody knowing it. NV Whino Feb 2016 #2

Maybe it's to throw off his real code name of President Sanders. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #3

Probably NV Whino Feb 2016 #4

PonyUp

(1,680 posts)

1. I love it.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 09:59 AM

Feb 2016

intrepid

synonyms: fearless, unafraid, undaunted, unflinching, unshrinking, bold, daring, gallant, audacious, adventurous, heroic, dynamic, spirited, indomitable;

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

2. I've never understood the logic of having a code name and everybody knowing it.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:15 AM

Feb 2016

PonyUp

(1,680 posts)

3. Maybe it's to throw off his real code name of President Sanders. n/t

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:17 AM

Feb 2016

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

4. Probably

Reply to PonyUp (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:23 AM

Feb 2016

I've always suspected that there's a public code name and a private code name.

And you can't tell me that Intrepid was randomly selected as code name are supposed to be. (Or maybe I have that confused with military action code names?)

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