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2013

WAR ON WHISTLEBLOWERS: FREE PRESS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE

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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 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.

Director: Robert Greenwald
Runtime: 53 minutes
Budget: $0
Box Office: $0
Vote Average: 78

Cast

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

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