War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)

2013-04-19 United States of America 53 Min. PG-13
7.8 8 votes

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.

Cast

Daniel Ellsberg is Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Franz Gayl is Self - Whistleblower
Self - Whistleblower
Seymour Hersh is Self - Journalist
Self - Journalist
David Carr is Self - Journalist, New York Times
Self - Journalist, New York Times
Sharon Weinberger is Self - National Security Reporter
Self - National Security Reporter
Tom Vanden Brook is Self - Journalist, USA Today
Self - Journalist, USA Today
Danielle Brian is Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Conchita Gayl is Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
Joe Biden is Self - Vice President (archive footage)
Self - Vice President (archive footage)
Robert Gates is Self - Former Secretary of Defense
Self - Former Secretary of Defense
Ben Freeman is Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight
Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight
Winslow Wheeler is Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project
Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

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