You have NO idea how common it is for DFAS and PERSCOM (personnel command) to lose/destroy/misplace paperwork. Anyone who has dealt with one of their consolidation/reorganization attempts (which is what was happening in the mid to late 90's, they were consolidating Army and Air Force Accounting systems) has started to be a pack rat when it comes to paperwork. Also, note the dates. Why would the Clinton Administration purposely misplace paperwork about a political opponent?