Bob Grip - Washington Watches the Monk II: Did the U.S. government monitor the actions of Thomas Merton? Presented for the Tuesdays with Merton Series, February 14, 2023.
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Bob Grip - Washington Watches the Monk II: Did the U.S. government monitor the actions of Thomas Merton? Presented for the Tuesdays with Merton Series, February 14, 2023.
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Washington Watches the Monk II is a sequel to Bob Grip’s essay in The Merton Seasonal (available at: https://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/11/11-1Grip.pdf) revealing U.S. government files about Thomas Merton. Drawing on his decades as a journalist, Grip filed Freedom of Information Act requests to various agencies to explore the federal government’s archives. He discovered everything from routine records to evidence of illegal surveillance, which he will illustrate. This session will also include comment from a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist on the surveillance of private citizens.
Bob Grip devoted his entire professional life to journalism, most of it on the air in television news, including reports from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Middle East to Europe including a meeting with Pope (and now Saint) John Paul II. He also taught multimedia journalism for 25 years at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. Grip earned his bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a master’s degree in Journalism from The Ohio State University. He is a former board member, treasurer and President of the International Thomas Merton Society.
Bob Grip devoted his entire professional life to journalism, most of it on the air in television news, including reports from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Middle East to Europe including a meeting with Pope (and now Saint) John Paul II. He also taught multimedia journalism for 25 years at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. Grip earned his bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a master’s degree in Journalism from The Ohio State University. He is a former board member, treasurer and President of the International Thomas Merton Society.
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Grip, Bob See all items with this value
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2023 February 14 See all items with this value
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© Bob Grip
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Conspiracies See all items with this value
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. See all items with this value
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. See all items with this value
Duration
53 minutes
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Tuesdays with Merton lecture See all items with this value