SMASHING CAMELOT

WHAT'S LEFT OF THE KENNEDY MYTH TAKES A HIT FROM A BIG-BUCKS EXPOSE. BUT SY HERSH'S TELL-ALL IS SHORT ON EVIDENCE

If you ever happen to get your own presidential library, here's the kind of scene you won't want in the archives:

April 6, 1960. Senator John F. Kennedy, the wealthy and magnetic sex machine whom the Democrats will soon make their candidate for the presidency, is at home in Georgetown having dinner with his friend Bill Thompson and the delectable Judith Campbell, later to be known as Judith Campbell Exner. Kennedy's wife Jacqueline, pregnant with John Jr., is out of town.

After dinner Kennedy turns to Campbell and asks her to help him set up a meeting with an acquaintance of...

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