War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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

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66 minApril 19, 2013

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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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Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

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Franz Gayl

Self - Whistleblower

Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh

Self - Journalist

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David Carr

Self - Journalist, New York Times

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Sharon Weinberger

Self - National Security Reporter

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Tom Vanden Brook

Self - Journalist, USA Today

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Danielle Brian

Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight

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Conchita Gayl

Self - Franz Gayl's Wife

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Self - Vice President (archive footage)

Robert Gates

Robert Gates

Self - Former Secretary of Defense

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Ben Freeman

Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight

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Winslow Wheeler

Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

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William Hartung

Self - Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy

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Pete Sepp

Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union

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Dana Priest

Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post

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Michael Isikoff

Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News

Thomas Drake

Thomas Drake

Self - Whistleblower

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Michael DeKort

Self - Whistleblower

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Thomas Tamm

Self - Whistleblower

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Jane Mayer

Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker

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Tom Devine

Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project

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Bill Keller

Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

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Eric Lipton

Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times

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Kate Bohner

Self - KBTV Video Blog

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Jesselyn Radack

Self - Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project

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J. William Leonard

Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office

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Steven Aftergood

Himself - Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, The Federation of American Scientists

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self - President (archive footage)

Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper

Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)

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Jay Carney

Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)

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Lucy Dalglish

Herself - Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

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James Risen

Self - New York Times (archive footage)

Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning

Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou

Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

Self - Journalist, The Guardian

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Shannon Bream

Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)

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Stephen Vladeck

Self - American University Washington College of Law (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

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Pierre Sprey

Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst

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