Does scoured mean the samething as scrubbed?

[Toots]

Russert: But would you allow pay stubs, tax records, anything to show that you were serving during that period?

President Bush: Yeah. If we still have them, but I you know, the records are kept in Colorado, as I understand, and they scoured the records.

[Dirty Hippie]

1. scour (according to Websters)

1 a : to rub hard especially with a rough material for cleansing b : to remove by rubbing hard and washing
2 archaic : to clear (a region) of enemies or outlaws
3 : to clean by purging : PURGE
4 : to remove dirt and debris from (as a pipe or ditch)
5 : to free from foreign matter or impurities by or as if by washing <scour wool>
6 : to clear, dig, or remove by or as if by a powerful current of water
intransitive senses
1 : to perform a process of scouring
2 : to suffer from diarrhea or dysentery
3 : to become clean and bright by rubbing

[Toots]

2. I would love to see that quote as headlines

"And they scoured the records"

[Jawja]

3. Interesting...

the moron picked up that word from what he's heard around him. He knows his records have been "scoured." That's what popped into his head while he was talking.