Power, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy in JFK's Era

Beyond infidelity, JFK maintained documented relationships with women who had direct connections to organized

crime most notably Judith Campbell Exner. Exner served as a go-between for

Kennedy and Mafia figures like Sam Giancana, one of the most powerful mob bosses

in America. At the same time, the Kennedy administration publicly declared war on organized

crime, with Attorney General Robert Kennedy aggressively prosecuting Mafia leaders.

The contradiction was dangerous. A president privately entangled with criminal intermediaries while

his government publicly attacked them created serious national-security risks. It was a collision

of power, secrecy, and hypocrisy one that remained buried for decades before