War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

2013
1h 6m
7.8

7.8/10

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Overview

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It exposes the surprisingly worsening and threatening reality for whistleblowers and the press. The film includes interviews with whistleblowers Michael DeKort, Thomas Drake, Franz Gayl and Thomas Tamm and award-winning journalists like David Carr, Lucy Dalglish, Glenn Greenwald, Seymour Hersh, Michael Isikoff, Bill Keller, Eric Lipton, Jane Mayer, Dana Priest, Tom Vanden Brook and Sharon Weinberger.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

fbi journalism coast guard national security agency (nsa) security military humvee

Quick Facts

Release Date April 19, 2013
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt2910440
Website Visit Site

Cast

Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

Franz Gayl
Franz Gayl

Self - Whistleblower

Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh

Self - Journalist

David Carr
David Carr

Self - Journalist, New York Times

Sharon Weinberger
Sharon Weinberger

Self - National Security Reporter

Tom Vanden Brook
Tom Vanden Brook

Self - Journalist, USA Today

Danielle Brian
Danielle Brian

Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight

Conchita Gayl
Conchita Gayl

Self - Franz Gayl's Wife

Joe Biden
Joe Biden

Self - Vice President (archive footage)

Robert Gates
Robert Gates

Self - Former Secretary of Defense

Ben Freeman
Ben Freeman

Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight

Winslow Wheeler
Winslow Wheeler

Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

Key Crew

Robert Greenwald
Director