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 <[1]ler762@gmail.com> wrote:

     On 1/16/16, Michael Best <[2]themikebest@gmail.com> 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
       [3]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
     <[4]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
     <[5]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.*
     >>>
     [6]http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/crest-25-year-program-archive
     >>>
     >>
     >>
     >

References

   1. mailto:ler762@gmail.com
   2. mailto:themikebest@gmail.com
   3. https://www.att.com/devices/netgear/beam.html
   4. mailto:mjbecze@gmail.com
   5. mailto:themikebest@gmail.com
   6. http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/crest-25-year-program-archive