War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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

Documentary

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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  • Release Date: 2013-04-19
  • Runtime: 1h 6min
  • Director: Robert Greenwald

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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

  • William Hartung

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

  • Pete Sepp

    Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union

  • Dana Priest

    Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post

  • Michael Isikoff

    Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News

  • Thomas Drake

    Self - Whistleblower

  • Michael DeKort

    Self - Whistleblower

  • Thomas Tamm

    Self - Whistleblower

  • Jane Mayer

    Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker

  • Tom Devine

    Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project

  • Bill Keller

    Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

  • Eric Lipton

    Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times

  • Kate Bohner

    Self - KBTV Video Blog

  • Jesselyn Radack

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

  • J. William Leonard

    Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office

  • Steven Aftergood

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

  • Barack Obama

    Self - President (archive footage)

  • Jake Tapper

    Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)

  • Jay Carney

    Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)

  • Lucy Dalglish

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

  • James Risen

    Self - New York Times (archive footage)

  • Chelsea Manning

    Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

  • John Kiriakou

    Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

  • Glenn Greenwald

    Self - Journalist, The Guardian

  • Shannon Bream

    Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)

  • Stephen Vladeck

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

  • Richard Nixon

    Self (archive footage)

  • Pierre Sprey

    Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst

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