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
Tom Devine
Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project
Bill Keller
Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
Eric Lipton
Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times
Kate Bohner
Self - KBTV Video Blog
Jesselyn Radack
Self - Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project
J. William Leonard
Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office
Steven Aftergood
Himself - Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, The Federation of American Scientists
Barack Obama
Self - President (archive footage)
Jake Tapper
Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)
Jay Carney
Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)
Lucy Dalglish
Herself - Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
James Risen
Self - New York Times (archive footage)
Chelsea Manning
Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)
John Kiriakou
Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)
Glenn Greenwald
Self - Journalist, The Guardian
Shannon Bream
Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)
Stephen Vladeck
Self - American University Washington College of Law (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Sprey
Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst
Crew
Directing
Robert Greenwald
Director