War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
2013, English. Directed by Robert Greenwald.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Robert GreenwaldDirector
- Daniel EllsbergSelf - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
- Franz GaylSelf - Whistleblower
- Seymour HershSelf - Journalist
- David CarrSelf - Journalist, New York Times
- Sharon WeinbergerSelf - National Security Reporter
- Tom Vanden BrookSelf - Journalist, USA Today
- Danielle BrianSelf - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
- Conchita GaylSelf - Franz Gayl's Wife
- Joe BidenSelf - Vice President (archive footage)
- Robert GatesSelf - Former Secretary of Defense
- Ben FreemanSelf - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight
- Winslow WheelerSelf - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project
Details
- Released
- 19 April 2013
- Country
- United States of America
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Who directed War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State?
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013) was directed by Robert Greenwald and stars Daniel Ellsberg, Franz Gayl, Seymour Hersh.