War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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.
Run Time
1h 6m
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
19 Apr 2013
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Director & Producers
Robert GreenwaldTop Billed Cast
Daniel EllsbergSelf - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Self - Whistleblower
Seymour HershSelf - Journalist
Self - Journalist, New York Times
Self - National Security Reporter
Self - Journalist, USA Today
Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
Joe BidenSelf - Vice President (archive footage)
Robert GatesSelf - Former Secretary of Defense
Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight
Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project