We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

Overview

Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for generations to come. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an extensive examination of all things related to WikiLeaks and the larger global debate over access to information.

Directed by Alex Gibney

Top cast

Julian Assange

Self - Founder, WikiLeaks (archive footage)

Chelsea Manning

Self - WikiLeaks Source (archive footage)

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Heather Brooke

Self - Journalist

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

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Robert Manne

Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne

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John 'Fuzface' McMahon

Self - NASA Network Administrator

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Michael Hayden

Self - Former NSA and CIA Director

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J. William Leonard

Self - U.S. Government Classification Czar

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Daniel Domscheit-Berg

Self - Former WikiLeaks Spokesperson

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Smári McCarthy

Self - Icelandic Digital Freedom Society

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Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Self - Icelandic Parliamentarian

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Adrian Lamo

Self - Hacker

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Timothy Douglas Webster

Self - Former Army Counterintelligence Agent

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Jason Edwards

Self - Friend of Bradley Manning

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Jihrleah Showman

Self - Bradley Manning's Supervisor

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Philip J. Crowley

Self - Former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

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Mark Davis

Self - Journalist & Filmmaker

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Ken Day

Self - Australian Federal Police

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Kevin Lee Poulsen

Self - News Editor, Wired.com

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Nick Davies

Self - Investigative Journalist, The Guardian

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