Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tarihin farko na CIA ba shi da kyau, tare da hukumar da ba ta iya samar da isasshen hankali game da Soviet takeovers na Romania da Czechoslovakia, da
Soviet kewaye Berlin, da kuma Soviet atomic bam aikin. 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.