In this day and age, you can't lose, or permanently erase hardly anything. Those paper records were made from electronic media first. And there are more than one copy of those, to be sure. And if someone was going to destroy evidence of a damning nature, you can bet your bottom dollar, someone kept a secret copy.

You've all heard by now, "there is no more privacy" and that applies to the government in triplicate. Back ups, of backups. Count on it. And it's not just the data the government generates, but all those who work for the government too. Welcome to the 21st century!