
Not a "simple mistake": Previous cases of missing documents at the National Archives
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The FBI search of a former president's residence and the National Archives request for the Justice Department to investigate the removal of records to Mar-a-Lago are unprecedented. But a review by CBS News reveals a long — and, at times daring — history of the theft or disappearance of records belonging to the National Archives.
Some of the cases triggered federal prosecutions against historians, collectors and National Archives insiders.
The thefts of valuable historic artifacts and papers — ranging from military dog tags of a Tuskegee Airman to an audio recording of Babe Ruth — led to formal investigations by the National Archives, and later the U.S. Justice Department. The cases include theft by researchers who, at first, sought to review the records in-person at National Archives facilities.

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