Richard Nixon (“Searchlight”)
Richard Nixon was a very influential president, and as is usually the case when the White House communications agency selects code names for their charges, he also got given a name that suits his curious and daring leadership style. Although nobody can be 100% certain that he didn’t choose a somewhat ironic code name of “searchlight” for himself, historians suggest that in his inner circles it was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Watergate scandal too.
Richard Nixon
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