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 th

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.