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Publishing CIA's Declassified Vault
- To: cpunks <[email protected]>
- Subject: Publishing CIA's Declassified Vault
- From: [email protected] (Greg Newby)
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 17:08:54 -0800
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Dear Michael,
Good luck with this! In case it's useful, there is a lot of information and community knowledge about scanning, hosting eBooks, etc. at www.gutenberg.org (FAQ, HOWTO) and www.pgdp.net. If there might be anything I could help with, just ask.
Best,
Greg Newby
On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 05:57:43PM -0500, Michael Best wrote:
> I'm aware of the restrictions, and you misunderstood the plan.
>
> The scanner won't be going to the National Archives. Documents are printed
> out from the computers provided by CIA in room 3000 using their laser
> printers, then taken from the archive after being checked and placed in one
> of the green security bags. (I've done this several times, including today.
> It's how I got the Project Truth report and some other goodies.)
>
> The flatbed scanner restriction is for scanning original archive materials
> only, since the risk of damaging them is genuinely unacceptable. (The
> flatbed restriction is also a bit inaccurate since there are non-flatbed
> scanners that are allowed - it's more accurate to say that what's forbidden
> are scanners with moving parts that can interact with the paper or
> material.)
>
> --Mike
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Ryan Carboni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > http://www.archives.gov/research/order/scanning.html
> >
> > "Only flatbed scanners (see below for single exception) are allowed.
> > Automatic feeder devices on flatbed scanners are prohibited."
> >