War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)
2013 · 1h 6m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Director: Robert Greenwald
Cast
Daniel Ellsberg as Self - Pentagon Papers WhistleblowerFranz Gayl as Self - WhistleblowerSeymour Hersh as Self - JournalistDavid Carr as Self - Journalist, New York TimesSharon Weinberger as Self - National Security ReporterTom Vanden Brook as Self - Journalist, USA TodayDanielle Brian as Self - Executive Director at Project On Government OversightConchita Gayl as Self - Franz Gayl's WifeJoe Biden as Self - Vice President (archive footage)Robert Gates as Self - Former Secretary of DefenseBen Freeman as Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government OversightWinslow Wheeler as Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform ProjectMore like this
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