Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tarihin farko na CIA ya kasance mara kyau, tare da hukumar da ba ta iya samar da isasshen bayanan sirri game da Soviet takeovers na Romania da Czechoslovakia, Soviet kewaye na Berlin
, da kuma shirin bam din nukiliya na Soviet. Musamman ma, hukumar ta kasa hango hasashen shigowar kasar Sin cikin yakin Koriya tare da sojoji 300,000. Shahararren jami'in rikon kwarya Kim Philby shi ne wakilin Birtaniya a hukumar leken asirin Amurka. Ta hanyarsa, CIA ta tsara daruruwan jiragen sama a cikin labule na baƙin ƙarfe, duk abin da Philby ya lalata. Arlington Hall, cibiyar da CIA ke amfani da ita wajen bincike, Bill Weisband, wani mai fassara daga Rasha da kuma ɗan leƙen asirin Soviet ne ya fallasa.