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

Cast

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

Franz Gayl

Self - Whistleblower

Seymour Hersh

Self - Journalist

David Carr

Self - Journalist, New York Times

Sharon Weinberger

Self - National Security Reporter

Tom Vanden Brook

Self - Journalist, USA Today

Danielle Brian

Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight

Conchita Gayl

Self - Franz Gayl's Wife

Joe Biden

Self - Vice President (archive footage)

Robert Gates

Self - Former Secretary of Defense

Ben Freeman

Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight

Winslow Wheeler

Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

William Hartung

Self - Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy

Pete Sepp

Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union

Dana Priest

Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post

Michael Isikoff

Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News

Thomas Drake

Self - Whistleblower

Michael DeKort

Self - Whistleblower

Thomas Tamm

Self - Whistleblower

Jane Mayer

Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker