Hold on, and don't give up so easily! Just because a rear admiral said they couldn't find anything in Naval Intelligence records, doesn't mean the tapes do not exist!
Someone in the earlier thread observed that the DC Navy Yard was a "strange repository for" OKC records. Now it is claimed that it was Reser who steered Burton toward Naval Intelligence in the first place.
Heck, even Judge Matsch in Denver acknowledges the tapes exist -- he just refuses to allow them to be released.
A reading of Moscow Station would lead one to believe Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) could not find its rump with GPS and a three-day head-start.
The Soviets penetrated the bubble there, and vacuumed top secret cables--the ONI performance was Amateur Night in hyperventilating rage.