Comment by kasey_junk

There is an explanation for the fight that doesn't involve something nefarious with CANVAS (though I think CANVAS is dodgy from talking with Matt).

The precedent set here will let data journalists (like Matt) setup effectively automated FOIA workflows on _any_ database they can get the name of for a FOIA request. So even if _this_ db isn't dodgy it enables any of them that are to be found quickly.

Or even less cynically, its just going to cost a ton of resources to respond to all those automated FOIA requests.