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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)

1h 6m | PG-13

⭐ 7.8 / 10

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

Studio: N/A

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

as Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

Franz Gayl

Franz Gayl

as Self - Whistleblower

Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh

as Self - Journalist

David Carr

David Carr

as Self - Journalist, New York Times

Sharon Weinberger

Sharon Weinberger

as Self - National Security Reporter

Tom Vanden Brook

Tom Vanden Brook

as Self - Journalist, USA Today