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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

The truth has consequences.

20136.62h 7m

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.

Directed by Alex Gibney
Written by Alex Gibney
Produced by Alex Gibney, Marc Shmuger, Alexis Bloom
Box Office0Revenue: $602K

Top Cast

Julian Assange

Julian Assange

Self - Founder, WikiLeaks (archive footage)

Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning

Self - WikiLeaks Source (archive footage)

H

Heather Brooke

Self - Journalist

Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

R

Robert Manne

Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne

J

John 'Fuzface' McMahon

Self - NASA Network Administrator

M

Michael Hayden

Self - Former NSA and CIA Director

J

J. William Leonard

Self - U.S. Government Classification Czar

D

Daniel Domscheit-Berg

Self - Former WikiLeaks Spokesperson

S

Smári McCarthy

Self - Icelandic Digital Freedom Society

Themes & Keywords

national security agency (nsa)information leakgovernment cover-upgovernment agentinvestigative journalismmisleading informationnsa agentgovernment agencysecrecygovernment secretssocial changewikileaksjulian assangewikileaks and surveillancesocial movements for civil rightsbiographical drama

About We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a documentary, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of national security agency (nsa), information leak, government cover-up, government agent, investigative journalism, misleading information. Directed by Alex Gibney, it stars Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, Heather Brooke. 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.

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