War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
(2013)
Documentary
53min
78%
Overview
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 in ...
Daniel Ellsberg
Acting
Franz Gayl
Acting
Seymour Hersh
Acting
Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Daniel Ellsberg
Popularity : 1
Self - Whistleblower
Franz Gayl
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Journalist
Seymour Hersh
Popularity : 0.21
Self - Journalist, New York Times
David Carr
Popularity : 0.602
Self - National Security Reporter
Sharon Weinberger
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Journalist, USA Today
Tom Vanden Brook
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Danielle Brian
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
Conchita Gayl
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Vice President (archive footage)
Joe Biden
Popularity : 12.218
Self - Former Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates
Popularity : 0.952
Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight
Ben Freeman
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project
Winslow Wheeler
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy
William Hartung
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union
Pete Sepp
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post
Dana Priest
Popularity : 0.001
Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News
Michael Isikoff
Popularity : 0.17
Self - Whistleblower
Thomas Drake
Popularity : 0.871
Self - Whistleblower
Michael DeKort
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Whistleblower
Thomas Tamm
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Jane Mayer
Popularity : 0.266
Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project
Tom Devine
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
Bill Keller
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times
Eric Lipton
Popularity : 0.001
Self - KBTV Video Blog
Kate Bohner
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project
Jesselyn Radack
Popularity : 0.004
Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office
J. William Leonard
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Himself - Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, The Federation of American Scientists
Steven Aftergood
Popularity : 0.001
Self - President (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Popularity : 8.001
Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)
Jake Tapper
Popularity : 2.61
Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)
Jay Carney
Popularity : 0.001
Herself - Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Lucy Dalglish
Popularity : 0.001
Self - New York Times (archive footage)
James Risen
Popularity : 0.001
Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)
Chelsea Manning
Popularity : 1.262
Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)
John Kiriakou
Popularity : 0.783
Self - Journalist, The Guardian
Glenn Greenwald
Popularity : 1.62
Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)
Shannon Bream
Popularity : 0.921
Self - American University Washington College of Law (archive footage)
Stephen Vladeck
Popularity : 0.001
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Popularity : 4.729
Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst
Pierre Sprey
Popularity : 0.001
