Full Cast & Crew

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

Joe Biden as Self - Vice President (archive footage)

Robert Gates as Self - Former Secretary of Defense

Ben Freeman as Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight

Winslow Wheeler as Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

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

Pete Sepp as Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union

Dana Priest as Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post

Michael Isikoff as Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News

Thomas Drake as Self - Whistleblower

Michael DeKort as Self - Whistleblower

Thomas Tamm as Self - Whistleblower

Jane Mayer as Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Tom Devine as Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project

Bill Keller as Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

Eric Lipton as Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times

Kate Bohner as Self - KBTV Video Blog

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

J. William Leonard as Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office

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

Barack Obama as Self - President (archive footage)

Jake Tapper as Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)

Jay Carney as Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)

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

James Risen as Self - New York Times (archive footage)

Chelsea Manning as Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

John Kiriakou as Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

Glenn Greenwald as Self - Journalist, The Guardian

Shannon Bream as Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)

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

Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)

Pierre Sprey as Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst