War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

IMDb 7.8 2013 • 66 min • Documentary

Director

Robert Greenwald

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Franz Gayl
Franz Gayl Self - Whistleblower
Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh Self - Journalist
David Carr
David Carr Self - Journalist, New York Times
Sharon Weinberger
Sharon Weinberger Self - National Security Reporter