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 <[1]mjbecze@gmail.com>
   wrote:

   Can anyone access the CREST db? Do I need any specail permission?
   On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Michael Best
   <[2]themikebest@gmail.com> 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.
   [3]http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/crest-25-year-program-archive

References

   1. mailto:mjbecze@gmail.com
   2. mailto:themikebest@gmail.com
   3. http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/crest-25-year-program-archive