All Cast

Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

Franz Gayl

Franz Gayl

Self - Whistleblower

Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh

Self - Journalist

David Carr

David Carr

Self - Journalist, New York Times

Sharon Weinberger

Sharon Weinberger

Self - National Security Reporter

Tom Vanden Brook

Tom Vanden Brook

Self - Journalist, USA Today

Danielle Brian

Danielle Brian

Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight

Conchita Gayl

Conchita Gayl

Self - Franz Gayl's Wife

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Self - Vice President (archive footage)

Robert Gates

Robert Gates

Self - Former Secretary of Defense

Ben Freeman

Ben Freeman

Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight

Winslow Wheeler

Winslow Wheeler

Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project

William Hartung

William Hartung

Self - Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy

Pete Sepp

Pete Sepp

Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union

Dana Priest

Dana Priest

Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post

Michael Isikoff

Michael Isikoff

Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News

Thomas Drake

Thomas Drake

Self - Whistleblower

Michael DeKort

Michael DeKort

Self - Whistleblower

Thomas Tamm

Thomas Tamm

Self - Whistleblower

Jane Mayer

Jane Mayer

Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Tom Devine

Tom Devine

Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project

Bill Keller

Bill Keller

Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

Eric Lipton

Eric Lipton

Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times

Kate Bohner

Kate Bohner

Self - KBTV Video Blog

Jesselyn Radack

Jesselyn Radack

Self - Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project

J. William Leonard

J. William Leonard

Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office

Steven Aftergood

Steven Aftergood

Himself - Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, The Federation of American Scientists

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self - President (archive footage)

Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper

Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)

Jay Carney

Jay Carney

Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)

Lucy Dalglish

Lucy Dalglish

Herself - Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

James Risen

James Risen

Self - New York Times (archive footage)

Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning

Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou

Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)

Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

Self - Journalist, The Guardian

Shannon Bream

Shannon Bream

Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)

Stephen Vladeck

Stephen Vladeck

Self - American University Washington College of Law (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Sprey

Pierre Sprey

Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst