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Synopsis
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.
Title | War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State |
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Countries | United States of America |
Keywords | fbi, journalism, coast guard, national security agency (nsa), security, military, humvee |

Daniel Ellsberg
Self - Pentagon Papers WhistleblowerFranz Gayl
Self - Whistleblower
Seymour Hersh
Self - JournalistDavid Carr
Self - Journalist, New York TimesSharon Weinberger
Self - National Security ReporterTom Vanden Brook
Self - Journalist, USA TodayDanielle Brian
Self - Executive Director at Project On Government OversightConchita Gayl
Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
Joe Biden
Self - Vice President (archive footage)
Robert Gates
Self - Former Secretary of DefenseBen Freeman
Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government OversightWinslow Wheeler
Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform ProjectWilliam Hartung
Self - Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International PolicyPete Sepp
Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers UnionDana Priest
Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington PostMichael Isikoff
Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News
Thomas Drake
Self - WhistleblowerMichael DeKort
Self - WhistleblowerThomas Tamm
Self - WhistleblowerJane Mayer
Self - Staff Writer, The New YorkerTom Devine
Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability ProjectBill Keller
Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York TimesEric Lipton
Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York TimesKate Bohner
Self - KBTV Video BlogJesselyn Radack
Self - Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability ProjectJ. William Leonard
Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight OfficeSteven Aftergood
Himself - Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, The Federation of American Scientists
Barack Obama
Self - President (archive footage)
Jake Tapper
Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)Jay Carney
Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)Lucy Dalglish
Herself - Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of MarylandJames Risen
Self - New York Times (archive footage)
Chelsea Manning
Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)
John Kiriakou
Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)
Glenn Greenwald
Self - Journalist, The GuardianShannon Bream
Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)Stephen Vladeck
Self - American University Washington College of Law (archive footage)