Here's a set of questions that anyone in IT who thinks they might ever be the focus of a similar frenzy might want to consider: http://sharylattkisson.com/lois

Here's a set of questions that anyone in IT who thinks they might ever be the focus of a similar frenzy might want to consider: http://sharylattkisson.com/lois-lerners-lost-emails-questions-for-the-irs/ http://sharylattkisson.com/lois-lerners-lost-emails-question... (basically, it is a long list mostly of: what did you know, when did you know it, and how did you document that?) Personally, re the e-mails, I'm less inclined to blame malice, and would look to incompetence, aided by years of patchwork backup and support processes.