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

ALL 04/19/2013 (en) Documentary 53 Min
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    04/19/2013
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    War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
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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.

  1. Robert Greenwald

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Daniel Ellsberg

    Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

  2. Franz Gayl

    Self - Whistleblower

  3. Seymour Hersh

    Self - Journalist

  4. David Carr

    Self - Journalist, New York Times

  5. Sharon Weinberger

    Self - National Security Reporter

  6. Tom Vanden Brook

    Self - Journalist, USA Today

  7. Danielle Brian

    Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight

  8. Conchita Gayl

    Self - Franz Gayl's Wife

  9. Joe Biden

    Self - Vice President (archive footage)

  10. Robert Gates

    Self - Former Secretary of Defense

  11. Ben Freeman

    Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight

  12. Winslow Wheeler

    Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

  13. William Hartung

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

  14. Pete Sepp

    Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union

  15. Dana Priest

    Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post

  16. Michael Isikoff

    Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News

  17. Thomas Drake

    Self - Whistleblower

  18. Michael DeKort

    Self - Whistleblower

  19. Thomas Tamm

    Self - Whistleblower

  20. Jane Mayer

    Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker

  21. Tom Devine

    Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project

  22. Bill Keller

    Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

  23. Eric Lipton

    Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times

  24. Kate Bohner

    Self - KBTV Video Blog

  25. Jesselyn Radack

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

  26. J. William Leonard

    Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office

  27. Steven Aftergood

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

  28. Barack Obama

    Self - President (archive footage)

  29. Jake Tapper

    Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)

  30. Jay Carney

    Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)

  31. Lucy Dalglish

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

  32. James Risen

    Self - New York Times (archive footage)

  33. Chelsea Manning

    Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

  34. John Kiriakou

    Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

  35. Glenn Greenwald

    Self - Journalist, The Guardian

  36. Shannon Bream

    Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)

  37. Stephen Vladeck

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

  38. Richard Nixon

    Self (archive footage)

  39. Pierre Sprey

    Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst

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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013) 53 Min

ALL 04/19/2013 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 04/19/2013
  • Production
  • Original title War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Robert Greenwald

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer