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why on earth would marilyn monroe's death be so relevant to anybody that they would support murdering a president. that doesn't make any sense.

deebosong 4y ago
Secrets & blackmail are the first things that come to mind. That's a shit-ton of leverage to manipulate someone/ some org., in the wrong hands. Not saying this is or isn't the case, but seems common enough across history & cultures & any social context.
- 2-718-281-828 4y ago
  if jfk and is bro were guilty in marilyn's death then you could only blackmail those who don't want any harm to come upon jfk ... why would those people collaborate killing jfk then?
  - lalopalota 4y ago
    if jfk and his brother were guilty in marilyn's death then you could blackmail them. having a president who is susceptible to blackmail is a threat to the country. killing jfk would remove that threat.
    - lamontcg 4y ago
      Okay but then it would be the Soviets who had detailed information on JFK murdering her, and that was being actively used as leverage against JFK. Then it would make more logical sense for the US government/CIA to remove JFK. The movie script here needs to get updated to make it a bit more plausible. Make it so that the USSR was blackmailing him to pull out Vietnam or something.
af3d 4y ago
You have to remember that Monroe was considered a "national treasure" at the time. Her death was a huge shock to pretty much everyone, and any evidence tying the Kennedy's to her death (and LBJ ostensibly had a recording of it) would have been an "ace in the hole" for anyone trying to plan JFK's murder. Members of the so-called "Suite 8F Group" such as D.H. Byrd (who also happened to own the Texas School Book Depository) could have been easily swayed by such "facts". And keep in mind that these men were already not very happy about proposed changes to "oil depletion allowance", among other things.

deebosong 4y ago

Secrets & blackmail are the first things that come to mind. That's a shit-ton of leverage to manipulate someone/ some org., in the wrong hands. Not saying this is or isn't the case, but seems common enough across history & cultures & any social context.

2-718-281-828 4y ago
if jfk and is bro were guilty in marilyn's death then you could only blackmail those who don't want any harm to come upon jfk ... why would those people collaborate killing jfk then?
- lalopalota 4y ago
  if jfk and his brother were guilty in marilyn's death then you could blackmail them. having a president who is susceptible to blackmail is a threat to the country. killing jfk would remove that threat.
  - lamontcg 4y ago
    Okay but then it would be the Soviets who had detailed information on JFK murdering her, and that was being actively used as leverage against JFK. Then it would make more logical sense for the US government/CIA to remove JFK. The movie script here needs to get updated to make it a bit more plausible. Make it so that the USSR was blackmailing him to pull out Vietnam or something.

af3d 4y ago

You have to remember that Monroe was considered a "national treasure" at the time. Her death was a huge shock to pretty much everyone, and any evidence tying the Kennedy's to her death (and LBJ ostensibly had a recording of it) would have been an "ace in the hole" for anyone trying to plan JFK's murder. Members of the so-called "Suite 8F Group" such as D.H. Byrd (who also happened to own the Texas School Book Depository) could have been easily swayed by such "facts". And keep in mind that these men were already not very happy about proposed changes to "oil depletion allowance", among other things.