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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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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.

Directed byRobert Greenwald

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 6m
Language
EN
Released
April 19, 2013

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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and The National Security State -- Official Trailer

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and The National Security State -- Official Trailer

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

Franz Gayl

Self - Whistleblower

Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh

Self - Journalist

David Carr

Self - Journalist, New York Times

Sharon Weinberger

Self - National Security Reporter

Tom Vanden Brook

Self - Journalist, USA Today

Danielle Brian

Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight

Conchita Gayl

Self - Franz Gayl's Wife

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Self - Vice President (archive footage)

Robert Gates

Robert Gates

Self - Former Secretary of Defense

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Directed by
Robert Greenwald
Robert Greenwald

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