War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)
Subtitles for: War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)
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.
| Rate | ★ 7.8/10 (8 votes) |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Duration | 1h 6m |
| Country | United States of America |
| Release | 19 Apr 2013 |
| Language | EN |
| Director | Robert Greenwald |
| Keywords | fbi journalism coast guard national security agency (nsa) security military humvee |
| IMDb | tt2910440 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
Cast
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Daniel Ellsberg
Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
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Franz Gayl
Self - Whistleblower
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Seymour Hersh
Self - Journalist
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David Carr
Self - Journalist, New York Times
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Sharon Weinberger
Self - National Security Reporter
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Tom Vanden Brook
Self - Journalist, USA Today
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Danielle Brian
Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
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Conchita Gayl
Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
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Joe Biden
Self - Vice President (archive footage)
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Robert Gates
Self - Former Secretary of Defense
