Originally posted by MF DELPHSpoiler:
It's not pointless when they want to present the official story of the Stark deaths as a car accident and want to have all documentation and video of the assassination in their possession.Also, don't forget that Hydra had been integrated into SHIELD since WWII and during the time of Howard Stark's assassination (the whole premise of TWS), and it's been shown numerous times that SHIELD/Hydra could patch into the video feed of pretty much all surveillance equipment on Earth (ATM cams, traffic cams, convenience store security cams, etc).
Why the hell would a secret organization keep evidence of an assassination? You still haven't given a clear reason.