Well this is certainly an…unsurprise…

RNC lawyer admits at least four years of Rove emails missing

At least four years of emails sent by White House adviser Karl Rove have gone missing, a lawyer for the Republican National Committee informed congressional staff members Thursday, a front page article in today’s Washington Post reports.

"GOP officials took issue with Rep. Henry Waxman’s account of the briefing and said they still hope to find the e-mail as they conduct forensic work on their computer equipment," Michael Abramowitz reports for the Post. "But they acknowledged that they took action to prevent Rove — and Rove alone among the two dozen or so White House officials with RNC accounts — from deleting his e-mails from the RNC server. Waxman (D-Calif.) said he was told the RNC made that move in 2005."

Well there must be some misunderstanding here.  Certainly a man who would conduct a whisper campaign destroying a political opponent with rumors that they’re a pedophile, could not be so untrustworthy.  No.  Never.  He must have pressed the wrong button.  With his foot.  While he was answering the telephone.