> > Not at all weird; it seems pretty effective to me. Over 11 million > pages "released" and only 10% _printed_ (as in someone would have to > scan the page to get it back into electronic format) sounds like a > pretty good access control system for something you don't really want > to make public.
Unfortunately you're right. The weird part to me is the way it's justified and presented as a transparency tool! Double speak never dies, I suppose. =( On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/16/16, Michael Best <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone can access it, but only from NARA II at College Park, MD. > > If anyone can access the database from a laptop on the guest wireless > then something like > https://www.att.com/devices/netgear/beam.html > would give the rest of the world access. But if access is allowed > from only a NARA computer you're pretty much SOL.. > > > 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. > > Not at all weird; it seems pretty effective to me. Over 11 million > pages "released" and only 10% _printed_ (as in someone would have to > scan the page to get it back into electronic format) sounds like a > pretty good access control system for something you don't really want > to make public. > > Regards, > Lee > > > > > > 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 > >>> > >> > >> > > >
