'Condor' Myth Loop of Contradictions : Computers: To some, Kevin Mitnick is an electronic terrorist. Others say he's a prankster.

Ann W. O’Neill’s Los Angeles Times feature, published days after Mitnick’s arrest, explores the competing narratives already forming around him — the “Condor” myth, borrowed from the Robert Redford film character Mitnick admired, versus more mundane accounts from people who knew him.

The piece weighs claims that Mitnick was a dangerous “electronic terrorist” capable of causing serious harm against the view of others that he was primarily a prankster whose exploits had been exaggerated by prosecutors and the press.