I don’t recall hearing of Thomas Merton (notice how I avoid a perjury charge using “don’t recall”-thanks Hillary) previously. The story and the CIA connection are interesting.

The CIA again. They can’t stop terrorists but they sure know how to kill people.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/03/phillip-f-nelson/the-mysterious-death-of-thomas-merton/

For five decades, the circumstances of the sudden death of the famed pacifist monk Thomas Merton have remained cloaked in the confusion of assorted stories having very little commonality, except for the most basic facts of date and place.  The date, December 10, 1968, and place, in a cottage located at a Red Cross conference center near Bangkok, Thailand are about the only undisputed points of yet another death of a hero in that very violent year.  Even the time of death, approximately 2 P.M. local time was disputed by the police report, a fake witness statement and the biographer Michael Mott—all stating the time was one hour later. Read the rest of this entry »