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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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.

Top Cast

  • Daniel Ellsberg

    Daniel Ellsberg

    Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

  • Franz Gayl

    Franz Gayl

    Self - Whistleblower

  • Seymour Hersh

    Seymour Hersh

    Self - Journalist

  • David Carr

    David Carr

    Self - Journalist, New York Times

  • Sharon Weinberger

    Sharon Weinberger

    Self - National Security Reporter

  • Tom Vanden Brook

    Tom Vanden Brook

    Self - Journalist, USA Today

  • Danielle Brian

    Danielle Brian

    Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight

  • Conchita Gayl

    Conchita Gayl

    Self - Franz Gayl's Wife

  • Joe Biden

    Joe Biden

    Self - Vice President (archive footage)

Overview

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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