CREST: CIA Records Search Tool

[Michael Best]

I have the beginnings of a plan for this; I'll share more as soon as I
double check a few things and run some numbers.

I shall call it... Project OPERATION.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Lee <ler762 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1/17/16, Michael Best <themikebest at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> > =(
>
> Where is it presented as a transparency tool?  They seem to be real
> clear about what they're doing:
>   "In order to directly access CREST, a researcher must visit the
> National Archives at
>    College Park, Maryland. CIA recognizes that such visits may be
> inconvienent and
>    present an obstacle to many researchers."
>
> Regards,
> Lee
>
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