Jennifer: The story said that METRO was cooperating so I do not think you can characterize this as a "raid". I really thought you were above snarky and sarcastic reporting, but I guess not.

Babyinthecorner,

I'm sorry to hear you're unhappy with my blog post. I went over to the Merriam-Webster folks and double-checked their defition of "raid" and got this:

1 a) a hostile or predatory incursion b) a surprise attack by a small force

2 a) a brief foray outside one's usual sphere b) a sudden invasion by officers of the law c) a daring operation against a competitor d) the recruiting of personnel (as faculty, executives, or athletes) from competing organizations

3 the act of mulcting public money

4 an attempt by professional operators to depress stock prices by concerted selling

I tend to think that police officers, or in this case, investigators for the DA's office, don't have to have guns drawn for something to be a raid. And, truth be told, I don't know too many people in government service who are *not* going to cooperate with cops who show up at their offices wanting stuff as part of an investigation. Fleeing the building out a back window, like people do at illicit poker games, is not really an option for government workers.

I'm sorry you didn't care for my use of sarcasm, but I can't deny that I'm glad we got the Metro records when we did. I recall a friend of mine some years ago who had a huge open-records request into a sheriff's department that had been accused of some serious inmate-abuse issues -- he was still waiting for the records to be made available to him when the feds showed up one day and carted off all the records as part of their investigation. Come to think of it, I don't think he *ever* got to look at those records.

But we appreciate you reading our post and taking time to comment here.

Take care,

Jennifer P.

jennifer@texaswatchdog.org