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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 19, 2013

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Joe Biden,Tom Vanden Brook,Glenn Greenwald,Robert Gates,Seymour Hersh,Richard Nixon,Shannon Bream,Franz Gayl,Jay Carney,Dana Priestand 29 more

Director

Robert Greenwald

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt2910440