Monday, 24 June 2013

Filmmaker Robert Greenwald on 'War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State'

A new film directed by Robert Greenwald looks at four whistleblowers who had their lives practically destroyed after they went to the press with evidence of government wrongdoing. They are Michael DeKort, Thomas Drake, Franz Gayl and Thomas Tamm. Whistleblowers have come under unprecedented attack by the Obama administration. Evoking the Espionage Act of 1917, the administration has pressed criminal charges against no fewer than six government employees, more than all previous presidential administrations combined. In the film, Greenwald also interviews government oversight experts and investigative journalists who warn about the chilling effect prosecutions may have on potential whistleblowers and the journalists who help them.
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Because A Car Stereo Is So Mainstream

A Saint in the City

Anger mounts after Facebook's 'shadow profiles' leak in bug

Facebook's Former Security Chief Now Works for the NSA

The ‘wreckers of civilisation’ are in no mood to quit that rebel waltz

Cheney is a true threat to freedom

So When will Dick Cheney be charged with Espionage? His Crime was the Same as Snowden’s

TPP: The Biggest Threat to the Internet You've Probably Never Heard Of

he Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is being negotiated in secret between more than 12 countries around the Pacific region. Find out why it poses a huge threat to your digital freedoms.
For more information and to find out how you can take action, visit https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp
Directed and animated by Santiago Rocha.