War on whistleblowers [DVD video] : free press and the national security state

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Title:

Added Author:

Greenwald, Robert, producer, director.

Miller, Jim, 1977-, producer.

Publication Date:

2013

Publication Information:

[New York] : Disinformation, [2013]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9781939517067

Abstract:

Highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrongdoing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It exposes the surprisingly worsening and threatening reality for whistleblowers and the press. Includes interviews with whistleblowers Michael DeKort, Thomas Drake, Franz Gayland Thomas Tamm and award-winning journalists like David Carr, Lucy Dalglish, Glenn Greenwald, Seymour Hersh, Michael Isikoff, Bill Keller, Eric Lipton, Jane Mayer, & more.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally produced in 2013.

Contents:

Bonus material: director's commentary; extended interviews: whistleblowers, journalists, experts (153 min.)

Technical Details:

DVD, region 0, NTSC, widescreen (1.78:1).

Subject Term:

Whistle blowing.

Political corruption.

Genre:

Documentary films.