Ka kammala wannan magana: A farkon zamanin yaƙin basasa, CIA ba ta yi nasara sosai ba. Soviet takeover na Romania a hankali, da Soviet takeover na Czechoslovakia, da Soviet takeover na Romania a hankali, da Soviet takeover na Czechoslovakia a hankali, da kuma Soviet takeover na Czechoslovakia a hankali.
Soviet kewaye na Berlin, CIA kimantawa na Soviet atomic bam aikin, da Korean War, sa'an nan kuma, a lokacin da 300,000 Sin sojojin jiran a Korean iyaka shiga cikin yaki, duk, arguably, kasawa na tsakiya m na mafi girma profile zai yiwu. Shahararren jami'in rikon kwarya Kim Philby shi ne wakilin Birtaniya a hukumar leken asirin Amurka. Ta hanyarsa CIA ta tsara daruruwan ayyukan saukar da iska a cikin labulen baƙin ƙarfe, duk Philby ne ya lalata su. Leken asiri na Amurka ya sha wahala daga kusan rikice-rikice marasa adadi na hanyoyin sadarwar da ta yi kokarin kafawa. Akwai 'yan leƙen asiri a cikin Manhattan Project, har ma da Arlington Hall, cibiyar cibiyar CIA ta cryptanalysis ta rikici da William Weisband, wani mai fassara na Rasha da kuma ɗan leƙen asirin Soviet. CIA ta sake amfani da dabarar sauke wakilan shuke-shuke a bayan layin abokan gaba ta hanyar faduwa a kan China, da Koriya ta Arewa. Wannan ma ya zama banza.