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A Good American

A Good American

How our security was sold for money

20157.01h 40m

Overview

A Good American tells the story of the best code-breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets and render results in real-time while keeping the privacy as demanded by the US constitution.

Directed by Friedrich Moser
Written by Friedrich Moser
Produced by Friedrich Moser
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William Binney

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Thomas Drake

Thomas Drake

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Edward Loomis

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Jesselyn Radack

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Diane Roark

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Tim Shorrock

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Kirk Wiebe

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Themes & Keywords

governmentbureaucracyespionagespygreedillegalitynational security agency (nsa)conspiracysurveillance9/11whistleblower

About A Good American

A Good American is a documentary film released in 2015 exploring themes of government, bureaucracy, espionage, spy, greed, illegality. Directed by Friedrich Moser, it stars William Binney, Thomas Drake, Edward Loomis. A Good American tells the story of the best code-breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets and render results in real-time while keeping the privacy as demanded by the US constitution.

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