[fhayek]

Of course it is criminal. This highly suspicious ‘loss of emails’ should get even the most left-wing journalist’s blood stirring. That it will not gives evidence of corruption not only in government, but in the news media as well.

[Viking2002]

Everything is backed up and stored offsite for disaster recovery purposes. I've been in IT for 16 years. I know how the game works. I used to be a Treasury contractor back in the day, and we had guys tote them offsite daily to a remote, secure storage facility. Either the backups have been removed, or destroyed. And asses should be sporting prison orange for it.