War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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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.

Cast

D Daniel EllsbergSelf - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower F Franz GaylSelf - Whistleblower S Seymour HershSelf - Journalist D David CarrSelf - Journalist, New York Times S Sharon WeinbergerSelf - National Security Reporter T Tom Vanden BrookSelf - Journalist, USA Today D Danielle BrianSelf - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight C Conchita GaylSelf - Franz Gayl's Wife J Joe BidenSelf - Vice President (archive footage) R Robert GatesSelf - Former Secretary of Defense B Ben FreemanSelf - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight W Winslow WheelerSelf - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

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W William HartungSelf - Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy P Pete SeppSelf - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union D Dana PriestSelf - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post M Michael IsikoffSelf - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News T Thomas DrakeSelf - Whistleblower M Michael DeKortSelf - Whistleblower T Thomas TammSelf - Whistleblower J Jane MayerSelf - Staff Writer, The New Yorker T Tom DevineSelf - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project B Bill KellerSelf - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times E Eric LiptonSelf - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times K Kate BohnerSelf - KBTV Video Blog J Jesselyn RadackSelf - Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project J J. William LeonardSelf - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office S Steven AftergoodHimself - Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, The Federation of American Scientists B Barack ObamaSelf - President (archive footage) J Jake TapperSelf - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage) J Jay CarneySelf - White House Press Secretary (archive footage) L Lucy DalglishHerself - Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland J James RisenSelf - New York Times (archive footage) C Chelsea ManningSelf - Whistleblower (archive footage) J John KiriakouSelf - Whistleblower (archive footage) G Glenn GreenwaldSelf - Journalist, The Guardian S Shannon BreamSelf - Fox News Anchor (archive footage) S Stephen VladeckSelf - American University Washington College of Law (archive footage) R Richard NixonSelf (archive footage) P Pierre SpreySelf - Weapons Designer and Analyst