Assassination euphemisms

[Victor Steinbok]

  Here's a verified 1970 hit:

http://bit.ly/bl1Btl
C.I.A.: core of the cancer. By David W. Conde. Entente, 1970. p. 5
> "We advise unofficially, of course, to terminate with extreme
> prejudice..."

Checking for "1970" gets the copyright listing, so the date is correct.
The same copyright line also notes the author and publisher, so, unless
there is more than one book on this record, this is a good cite.

     VS-)


On 7/14/2010 11:51 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> Terminate with extreme prejudice was revealed in Congressional hearings
> around 1970 or 1971. The same may be true of neutralize -- I don't recall.
>
> DanG
>
> On Jul 14, 2010 11:27 AM, "Paul"<paulzjoh at mtnhome.com>  wrote:
>
>   Somehow the phrase, "Terminate with extreme prejudice." just seems a
> little too cute to have been originated in the field.  I'd put money on
> it being picked up from, a novel or film.  When asked what to do with a
> prisoner why not reply "terminate him"  or did the 'extreme prejudice"
> mean  torture or a painful death?
>
> PAUL JOHNSON

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