I recall, without exactly recommending, the tactics of the KGB when Yasir Arafat’s terrorists began to throw their weight around in the 60s and 70s. Apparently, they tried one of their operations, the kind which succeeded against Israelis and Westerners, against some Russians.

Instead of alerting the media to point out the horror, the KGB figured out the perpetrator. Without any publicity at all, some of his intimate parts were removed and sent to his superiors with a suitable message about a nasty future if such terrorism wasn’t stopped, now.

Apparently it worked.