Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Harold James Nicholson aizopisa maofficial anoverengeka anoshanda uye makore matatu avadzidzi asati abatwa achiongorora nokuda kweRussia. Muna 1997 Imba yacho yaizonyora mumwe mushumo, uyo waitaura kuti vakuru vakuru veCIA vanoziva zvishomanene pamusoro pomutauro kana kuti zvamatongerwe enyika zvavanhu vavanoteverera; mhedziso yacho yakanga iri yokuti CIA yakanga isina "kudzama, upamhi, uye ruzivo rwokuongorora zvinoitika zvamatongerwe enyika, zvechiuto, uye zveupfumi munyika yose". Russ Travers akati mubhuku romukati reCIA kuti mumakore mashanu "kukundikana kwevasori hakudzivisiki". Muna 1997 mutungamiriri mutsva weCIA George Tenet aizovimbisa sangano idzva rinoshanda panosvika 2002. Chishamiso cheCIA pakuputika kweIndia bhomba reatomu chakanga chiri kukundikana pamwero wose. Pashure pokuputika kwebhomba pamahofisi ehurumende muna 1998
neAl Qaeda, CIA yakapa zvinangwa zviviri kuti zviurayiwe mukupindura. Chimwe chazvo chaiva fekitari yemishonga yeAl-Shifa, uko kwakanga kwawanikwa zvisaririra zvezvinhu zvinoshandiswa pakugadzira zvombo zvemakemikari. Pashure pacho, zvakagumiswa kuti "chisarudzo chokurwisa al Shifa chinopfuuridzira tsika yokushanda pamashoko asina kukwana pamusoro peSudan". Kwakaita kuti CIA iite "shanduko huru uye huru" kuti idzivise "kukundikana kunoparadza kwebasa rokuongorora". Pakati pa 1991 na 1998 CIA yakarasikirwa navashandi 3.000.