We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

Overview

Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for generations to come. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an extensive examination of all things related to WikiLeaks and the larger global debate over access to information.

Crew

Cast

Julian Assange

Self - Founder, WikiLeaks (archive footage)

Chelsea Manning

Self - WikiLeaks Source (archive footage)

Heather Brooke

Self - Journalist

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

Robert Manne

Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne

John 'Fuzface' McMahon

Self - NASA Network Administrator

Michael Hayden

Self - Former NSA and CIA Director

J. William Leonard

Self - U.S. Government Classification Czar

Daniel Domscheit-Berg

Self - Former WikiLeaks Spokesperson

Smári McCarthy

Self - Icelandic Digital Freedom Society

Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Self - Icelandic Parliamentarian

Adrian Lamo

Self - Hacker

Timothy Douglas Webster

Self - Former Army Counterintelligence Agent

Jason Edwards

Self - Friend of Bradley Manning

Jihrleah Showman

Self - Bradley Manning's Supervisor

Philip J. Crowley

Self - Former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

Mark Davis

Self - Journalist & Filmmaker

Ken Day

Self - Australian Federal Police

Kevin Lee Poulsen

Self - News Editor, Wired.com

Nick Davies

Self - Investigative Journalist, The Guardian

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