War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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.

Directed by Robert Greenwald

Top cast

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

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Franz Gayl

Self - Whistleblower

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

Self - Vice President (archive footage)

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

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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