Who thought this was a good idea?

WASHINGTON — Representative Darrell Issa calls it a way to promote transparency: a request for the names of hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens, business executives, journalists and others who have requested copies of federal government documents in recent years.

In short, he wants to get a list of everyone who requests anything under the Freedom Of Information Act. Who they are, what they requested, and of what department the request was made. He’s sent out these meta-requests to 180 agencies. Isn’t this just a little Big Brother?