Looks like an outbreak of lost-document-itis is plaguing the Obama administration.
This week, IRS officials submitted sworn statements saying they did all they could to recover e-mails from ex-IRS official Lois Lerner — to no avail.
Last week, an Obama records officer claimed e-mails belonging to an official in the Healthcare.gov rollout also “may not be available.” And on Tuesday, The Post’s John Crudele reported 61 laptops missing at the Census Bureau.
Here’s the most curious part: The more questions that get asked about Team Obama’s doings, the more information seems to mysteriously disappear.
It’s cutting into the administration’s credibility. Monday, Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, which is seeking the information on the Lerner e-mails, called the new sworn statements part of a “cover-up.”
Last week, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa blasted the news about missing e-mails belonging to the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Marilyn Tavenner, who oversaw Healthcare.gov’s rollout.
“It defies logic,” said Issa, that so many top officials “were found to have ignored federal record-keeping requirements only after Congress asked to see their e-mails.”
Crudele, meanwhile, says the Census computers were reported gone after questions were raised about numbers the bureau released before the 2012 election.
Team Obama would have us believe that mere incompetence in record-keeping is to blame in what President Obama vowed would be the most transparent administration in history.
The other possibility: Someone doesn’t want those documents found.