Basic Info
Release: April 19, 2013
Runtime: 66 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.8/10 (8 votes)
Status: Released
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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and The National Security State -- Official Trailer (YouTube)
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
2013
66 min
⭐ 7.8/10
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.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Daniel Ellsberg
Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Franz Gayl
Self - Whistleblower
Seymour Hersh
Self - Journalist
David Carr
Self - Journalist, New York Times
Sharon Weinberger
Self - National Security Reporter
Tom Vanden Brook
Self - Journalist, USA Today
Danielle Brian
Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Conchita Gayl
Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
Joe Biden
Self - Vice President (archive footage)
Robert Gates
Self - Former Secretary of Defense
Ben Freeman
Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight
Winslow Wheeler
Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project
Crew
Robert Greenwald
Director
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