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

Apr 19, 2013
1h 6m
★ 7.8

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.

Genres

Documentary

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

Cast

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

Daniel Ellsberg

Franz Gayl

Self - Whistleblower

Franz Gayl

Seymour Hersh

Self - Journalist

Seymour Hersh

David Carr

Self - Journalist, New York Times

David Carr

Sharon Weinberger

Self - National Security Reporter

Sharon Weinberger

Tom Vanden Brook

Self - Journalist, USA Today

Tom Vanden Brook

Danielle Brian

Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight

Danielle Brian

Conchita Gayl

Self - Franz Gayl's Wife

Conchita Gayl

Joe Biden

Self - Vice President (archive footage)

Joe Biden

Robert Gates

Self - Former Secretary of Defense

Robert Gates

Ben Freeman

Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight

Ben Freeman

Winslow Wheeler

Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

Winslow Wheeler