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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
7.8 / 10• 2013• 1h 6m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Daniel Ellsberg
Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
LeadFG
Franz Gayl
Self - Whistleblower
Seymour Hersh
Self - Journalist
DC
David Carr
Self - Journalist, New York Times
SW
Sharon Weinberger
Self - National Security Reporter
TV
Tom Vanden Brook
Self - Journalist, USA Today
DB
Danielle Brian
Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
CG
Conchita Gayl
Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Greenwald's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
