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FBI Code Name for Trump Documents Probe Was a Doozy

'Plasmic Echo' sounds like a prog-rock band name

(Newser) - It's no secret that law enforcement agencies often assign code names to various cases to keep them as hush-hush as possible, but one used for the investigation into Donald Trump's handling of classified documents is a bit of a head-scratcher. The Hill reports that the FBI deemed the...

Code Name Surprises: 'Snowbank' Isn't Sarah Palin
Code Name Surprises: 'Snowbank' Isn't Sarah Palin
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Mar 22, 2012 1:52 PM CDT

Code Name Surprises: 'Snowbank' Isn't Sarah Palin

...it's Barbara Bush

(Newser) - This week we learned that Mitt Romney's Secret Service code name is Javelin, Rick Santorum's is Petrus, and Ron Paul's would have been Bulldog, if he didn't think Secret Service protection was another evil form of welfare . Slate reminds us that there are a few rules...

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