I'll take notes on the access and interface when I'm there next, hopefully next week.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Martin Becze <[email protected]> wrote: > How exactly is the accesses setup? Can we arbitrary software that accesses > DB? > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Michael Best <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Anyone can access it, but only from NARA II at College Park, MD. I'm >> there on a semi-regular basis and want to figure out a way to efficiently >> liberate the docs that are only accessible from there....because that's >> some weird-ass censorship. >> >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Martin Becze <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can anyone access the CREST db? Do I need any specail permission? >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Michael Best <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm spending a fair amount of time at NARA II. Any thoughts on how I >>>> might be able to automate retrieval of documents from the CREST database? >>>> There are about 10 million pages of CIA docs that haven't even been >>>> accessed, much less made their way online. >>>> >>>> Since 2000, CIA has installed and maintained an electronic full-text >>>> searchable system, which it has named CREST (the CIA Records Search Tool), >>>> at NARA II in College Park, Maryland. *Over 11 million pages have been >>>> released in electronic format and reside on the CREST database, from which >>>> researchers have printed about 1.1 million pages. **In order to >>>> directly access CREST, a researcher must visit the National Archives at >>>> College Park, Maryland.* >>>> http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/crest-25-year-program-archive >>>> >>> >>> >> >
