War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

Name: War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-04-19
Rating: 7.8

Documentary1h 6m

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71%

Popcornmeter

7.8

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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Details

DirectorRobert Greenwald

ReleasedApr 19, 2013

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

2 fresh · 2 rotten

Gary Goldstein

RTLos Angeles TimesApr 26, 2013

At under an hour, the film, which also touches on White House-driven leaks for political gain, can't help but feel a bit incomplete.

Stuart Klawans

RTNew York TimesApr 18, 2013

Whistle-blowers become effective when their information appears in a news outlet's reliably sober columns - not in a bar mitzvah video.

Ronnie Scheib

RTVarietyApr 18, 2013

Robert Greenwald's docu paints a sobering picture of a national security state.

Rick Kisonak

RTSeven Days (VT)Aug 7, 2013

The film doesn't so much unfold as detonate. It's a swift kick in the pants at 66 minutes and utilizes a deft blend of archival footage, graphs, subject interviews and bites from knowledgeable talking heads such as David Carr.