
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
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.
Crew
Cast
Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Daniel EllsbergSelf - Whistleblower
Franz GaylSelf - Journalist
Seymour HershSelf - Journalist, New York Times
David CarrSelf - National Security Reporter
Sharon WeinbergerSelf - Journalist, USA Today
Tom Vanden BrookSelf - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Danielle BrianSelf - Franz Gayl's Wife
Conchita GaylSelf - Vice President (archive footage)
Joe BidenSelf - Former Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates
Daniel EllsbergSelf - Whistleblower
Franz GaylSelf - Journalist
Seymour HershSelf - Journalist, New York Times
David CarrSelf - National Security Reporter
Sharon WeinbergerSelf - Journalist, USA Today
Tom Vanden BrookSelf - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Danielle BrianSelf - Franz Gayl's Wife
Conchita GaylSelf - Vice President (archive footage)
Joe BidenSelf - Former Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates