[SuzanneC]

Well, why doesn't the gentleman simply ask for the files again. If he got them once, surely he could get them again.

[cyncooper]

Exactly Suzanne. That is exhibit A pointing to the probability that he wants them "gone" and staying gone in order to help Kerry.

In the first article I read he wistfully sighed about them being lost to him forever. His overly dramatic handwringing while not betraying the slightest alarm that "someone" had allegedly been traipsing through his abode while he was out gave the game away right off the bat.