War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
2013
7.8 (8)
1 hr 6 min
English
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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Daniel Ellsberg as Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Franz Gayl as Self - Whistleblower
Seymour Hersh as Self - Journalist
David Carr as Self - Journalist, New York Times
Sharon Weinberger as Self - National Security Reporter
Tom Vanden Brook as Self - Journalist, USA Today
Danielle Brian as Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Conchita Gayl as Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
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Robert Greenwald · Director
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