Film·2013·1h 6m

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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.

Directed by Robert Greenwald

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12 credited

Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel EllsbergSelf - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Franz Gayl
Franz GaylSelf - Whistleblower
Seymour Hersh
Seymour HershSelf - Journalist
David Carr
David CarrSelf - Journalist, New York Times
Sharon Weinberger
Sharon WeinbergerSelf - National Security Reporter
Tom Vanden Brook
Tom Vanden BrookSelf - Journalist, USA Today
Danielle Brian
Danielle BrianSelf - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Conchita Gayl
Conchita GaylSelf - Franz Gayl's Wife
Joe Biden
Joe BidenSelf - Vice President (archive footage)
Robert Gates
Robert GatesSelf - Former Secretary of Defense
Ben Freeman
Ben FreemanSelf - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight
Winslow Wheeler
Winslow WheelerSelf - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

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