War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

19/4/2013 1h 6m 7.8/10

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.

Director

Robert Greenwald

Top Billed Cast

Tom Vanden Brook

Self - Journalist, USA Today

Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh

Self - Journalist

David Carr

Self - Journalist, New York Times

Sharon Weinberger

Self - National Security Reporter

Franz Gayl

Self - Whistleblower

Similar Movies

Police State 2000

5.2

Police State 2000

1999

One Rogue Reporter

6.0

One Rogue Reporter

2014

Waco: Madman or Messiah

7.3

Waco: Madman or Messiah

2018

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

7.0

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

2004

Earth's Greatest Enemy

9.0

Earth's Greatest Enemy

2025

State of Silence

7.0

State of Silence

2024

Unsinkable: Japan's Lost Battleship

5.7

Unsinkable: Japan's Lost Battleship

2020

Meeting Snowden

7.0

Meeting Snowden

2017

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

7.6

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

1997

Incident at Oglala

7.0

Incident at Oglala

1992

Nothing to Hide

6.8

Nothing to Hide

2017

Black Power Salute

0.0

Black Power Salute

2008

Digital Edition

9.0

Digital Edition

2016

It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks

6.8

It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks

2008

Island Ablazed

0.0

Island Ablazed

1961