Assassination euphemisms

[Victor Steinbok]

  One more bit. The preview bit for the book in GB has a different
citation for the phrase (no page number):

> In Intelligence jargon, the phrase 'to terminate with extreme
> prejudice' is synonymous with an order to kill an individual."

     VS-)

On 7/14/2010 12:22 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>  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-)

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