Did they look behind the refrigerator or under the sofa cushions? Usually, when I lose something, it always ends up there.
A White House assistant who discovered them said she found them on a table in a library known as the Book Room, to which very few people other than the First Family have access.
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Mr. Chertoff said only the President and Mrs. Clinton and one or two of their friends would have been interested in the documents and would have had access to the Book Room. Of that small group, only Mrs. Clinton's fingerprints were found. If someone else moved the documents into the Book Room, they may have failed to leave fingerprints.
In addition to Mrs. Clinton's fingerprints, the bureau found those of Mr. Foster, who reviewed the documents in 1992... ooops!