It's not so much a matter of the CIA. That came later. Think about what sorts of people make snooping, gossip and slander their vocation.

people are reduced to nomadism now

People are rapidly being reduced to neo-manorial serfdom through outright prohibition by state decree on movement outside one's native jurisdiction, and other coercive means.

Pseudo-nomadism was a feature of the previous stage. It was both a symptom and a cause of further atomizing and diluting coherent communities, as well as preventing intelligent, productive people from settling down into such or at least into forming families.