He gave an underling an assignment to do some research and he went over his bosses head. This is evident when the first mailman arrives.
The superior was rattled, but not as much as he should be. Condor told he asked somebody to do some research, and the superior said the next time go through me.
Heidegger . . . who was killed in his apartment helped Condor with the report . . . seeking out information . . . I don't think Condor "caused" what happened . . . but whoever ordered the killings "caused" it . . . there may have been other ways of dealing with the whole matter . . .
shareYour " . . . " problem makes your postings unreadable, you know.
shareYes. Condor's fault. Dr. Lapp characterizes the breech of protocol as "extraordinary." We're shown ample evidence of Condor's disregard for security precautions and other procedures in the opening sequences. His sense of superiority is woefully inappropriate (and deadly) in a high-stakes environment. Not a feel-good movie.
Yet, without that disregard, the CIA would've gone on with their rogue plan... which might not've been so rogue after all. The "rougueness" simply allowed for the usual "out" of Plausible Deniability.
shareI don't think so. I think, if Condor had gone through proper channels, the bad guys would have been discovered by upperlings who could shut them down without any Lit Society getting wiped out.
That assumes a "good" CIA.
Higgins' reaction - and apparent plan to kill Condor once he was "in" - show the CIA to be not so good.