 Njengomiselwe ukuba yi-NSA, wancedisa uCarter ekucombululeni iingxaki zehlabathi, ezifana ne-Camp David Accords, ngo-1978; ukwenza i-US neTshayina zisebenzisane ngendlela eqhelekileyo ebudeni bokuphela kweminyaka yoo-1970; Ukubhukuqwa kolawulo lwase-Iran, nto leyo eya khokhela ekubanjweni kwabantu ngo-1979; kunye nokuhlaselwa kwe-Afghanistan yi-Soviet Union ngo-1979. 