Ironically, the original author Ludlum seems to have a mild dislike for leftists, as witness the free-market economist in The Bourne Identity favorably commenting on government policies of the 1980s.
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Ascended Extra: Johann, a minor henchman in the novel who is killed by Bourne in his second scene, is basically promoted to Carlos' Dragon in the '88 TV movie.
Arc Words: "Cain is for Carlos, and Delta is for Cain." (and when it's not that, it's "Cain is for Charlie, and Delta is for Cain", and "Delta is for Charlie, and Charlie is for Cain".
Anonymous Ringer: Averted with Carlos the Jackal.Downplayed somewhat in later novels, where Bourne seems to be at peace with his past as a covert operative, unlike in the films where he is very much The Atoner. Amnesiac Dissonance: In the first novel, The Bourne Identity, a newly-amnesiac Bourne is horrified by the possibility that he was an assassin.