This kind of manipulation of access to public records needs to stop if we are to continue to have a free society. Reminds me of when the US Marshalls deputized a local police officer to move stingray use records out of the state of Florida after a reporter got a court order allowing him access to them. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;us-marshals-step-in-thwart-efforts-to-learn-about-cell-tracking-devices&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;us-marshals-step-...</a>