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copies of which were retained both by OSI and the CIA Library. The system proved to be workable, but was discarded eventually because it required so much time on the part of OSI analysts that they became more librarians than producers of finished intelligence. Later OSI managers decided that information handling work should be done by the CIA Library, or even by contractors, so that OSI analysts could devote maximum time to intelligence analysis and to the production of reports.
I. Use of Consultants by OSI
Most OSI consultants have been recruited either from industrial organizations, [redacted] or from universities, [redacted] Roughly equal numbers have come from these two types of sources. There have been a few private, independent consultants and a few that were employed by non-profit organizations. As scientific intelligence has become more involved in advanced technical detail, the use of consultants to advise on narrow technical aspects of specific problems has become increasingly common and the number of consultants has increased. [redacted]
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