do you think the ny times published it?

Not after Condor's monologing. That wasn't a bright idea.

Operation Mockingbird. So, no.


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I imagine that the NY Times would reach out to the CIA for possible comment before publishing it, which might change things. And as Turner just told Higgins, the CIA would have time to prepare a response, to approach the reporter, or to take other actions to alter or prevent the story from being published.

I don't think they would either. The NYT's was going through a lot of flak for publishing the Pentagon Papers which involved the C.I.A. too. This was in the 1970's when Pollack was developing the movie. Then there was Nixon and the C.I.A. and the NYT published some negative stuff about C.I.A. again in 1974 about Seymour M. Hersh and C.I.A. as a "shadow government". That fact was verified years later by the late Sen Daniel Inouye (D-Hw) during Iran Contra hearings.

So no Higgins would have no trouble with NYT responding positively to a NSL (NatSec Letter) from Higgins and/or the DCI (Houseman). Katherine Graham at WP would have been a better choice for Turner. She would publish anything about them. WP still does. 😎

I don't think so, either.

I like to think Turner goes to Europe after all, finds Joubert and joins his team... like one of the behind the scenes guys in "Sneakers."

I might write a fan-fiction short story along those lines!

I guess the point at the movie's end is that Condor is just plain out of luck. He is out of options in telling Higgins what he was going to do. The best he could have done is to tell Higgins that, if Condor was killed, THEN all the secrets would be spilled. But, not tell Higgins how they would. Higgins is a pure butt kisser corporate stooge, and would simply want to cover his ass.

At the same time, Joubert was exactly right: There was the car to get into, with the "friendly face" wanting you to get in. And, if Condor did, he'd be dead. So, living in exile for the rest of his life is preferable to that. Condor should just go to Europe and work for Joubert. That's what I would have done. Maybe Condor could have done research on the people Joubert needed to track down, etc.

The NYT always prints the truth.

They would give the CIA an opportunity to comment but if the proof is there without question they would publish it.