War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
Released: April 19, 2013Runtime: 66 min
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.
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Daniel Ellsberg
as Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Franz Gayl
as Self - Whistleblower
Seymour Hersh
as Self - Journalist
David Carr
as Self - Journalist, New York Times
Sharon Weinberger
as Self - National Security Reporter
Tom Vanden Brook
as Self - Journalist, USA Today
Danielle Brian
as Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Conchita Gayl
as Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
Joe Biden
as Self - Vice President
Robert Gates
as Self - Former Secretary of Defense
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