[AU72]

That may be why RFK didn't fire Hoover.

Probably had a 'Mexican Stand-off' with RFK holding evidence of Hoover's homosexuality and Hoover having the dope on MM's death.

[3niner]

That may be why RFK didn't fire Hoover.

It's generally believed that Hoover had something nasty on every president from FDR through Nixon. It's a safe bet that he had the goods on JFK, even before the Monroe "suicide".

[Calvin Locke]

Hoover was hated enough by the elites that any whiff of scandal about him would have leaked out. He was too recognizable, thanks to his grandstanding, not to be notice if engaged in something out of the ordinary.

Being a grandstanding transvestite AND the Director of the FBI just don't go together too well, no matter how much dirt you have on "people", or the great unwashed.