We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Alex GibneyDirector
• Alex GibneyWriter
• Will BatesOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Julian AssangeSelf - Founder, WikiLeaks (archive footage)
• Chelsea ManningSelf - WikiLeaks Source (archive footage)
• Heather BrookeSelf - Journalist
• Alex GibneyNarrator (voice)
• Robert ManneSelf - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne
• John 'Fuzface' McMahonSelf - NASA Network Administrator
• Michael HaydenSelf - Former NSA and CIA Director
• J. William LeonardSelf - U.S. Government Classification Czar
• Daniel Domscheit-BergSelf - Former WikiLeaks Spokesperson
• Smári McCarthySelf - Icelandic Digital Freedom Society
• Birgitta JónsdóttirSelf - Icelandic Parliamentarian
• Adrian LamoSelf - Hacker

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