The handbook’s classification of various types of assassination was straightforward: “simple” meant that the victim was unaware of the operation, “chase” that the victim knew about the threat but was unguarded, “guarded” that the victim was guarded, “lost” meant that the assassin would be sacrificed and preferably killed, “safe” meant that part of the plan was for the assassin to escape, “secret” meant that the assassination would look like an accident, “open” that it wasn’t necessary to hide that it was an assassination, and “terroristic” that the assassination required subsequent publicity.
