War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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

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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.

  • Released: 2013-04-19
  • Runtime: 53 minutes
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Stars: Sharon Weinberger, Michael DeKort, William Hartung, Steven Aftergood, Daniel Ellsberg, Seymour Hersh, Joe Biden, Robert Gates, Dana Priest, Thomas Drake, Jane Mayer, Jesselyn Radack, J. William Leonard, Barack Obama, Jake Tapper, James Risen, Chelsea Manning, Glenn Greenwald, Shannon Bream, Richard Nixon  Show all >
    Pierre Sprey, Conchita Gayl, Winslow Wheeler, Thomas Tamm, Lucy Dalglish, John Kiriakou, Tom Vanden Brook, Jay Carney, Danielle Brian, Pete Sepp, Eric Lipton, Stephen Vladeck, Franz Gayl, Kate Bohner, David Carr, Bill Keller, Michael Isikoff, Tom Devine, Ben Freeman
  • Director: Robert Greenwald