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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

66 mins

Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

19 April 2013

Country

United States of America

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

William Hartung

William Hartung

Self - Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy

Pete Sepp

Pete Sepp

Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union

Dana Priest

Dana Priest

Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post

Michael Isikoff

Michael Isikoff

Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News

Thomas Drake

Thomas Drake

Self - Whistleblower

Michael DeKort

Michael DeKort

Self - Whistleblower

Thomas Tamm

Thomas Tamm

Self - Whistleblower

Jane Mayer

Jane Mayer

Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Tom Devine

Tom Devine

Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project

Bill Keller

Bill Keller

Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

Eric Lipton

Eric Lipton

Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times

Kate Bohner

Kate Bohner

Self - KBTV Video Blog

Jesselyn Radack

Jesselyn Radack

Self - Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project

J. William Leonard

J. William Leonard

Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office

Steven Aftergood

Steven Aftergood

Himself - Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, The Federation of American Scientists

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self - President (archive footage)

Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper

Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)

Jay Carney

Jay Carney

Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)

Lucy Dalglish

Lucy Dalglish

Herself - Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

James Risen

James Risen

Self - New York Times (archive footage)

Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning

Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou

Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

Self - Journalist, The Guardian

Shannon Bream

Shannon Bream

Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)

Stephen Vladeck

Stephen Vladeck

Self - American University Washington College of Law (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Sprey

Pierre Sprey

Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst

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