Jeffrey Wigand er netop blevet fyret fra sit job som forskningschef for et stort tobaksfirma, da tv-journalisten Lowell Bergman erfarer, at han ligger inde med sprængfarlig viden om tobaksindustriens stærkt anløbne forretningsstrategier. Wigand lader sig overtale til at afsløre sin viden. Men det er med store personlige omkostninger, for de magtfulde tobaksfirmaer skyr ingen midler for at lukke munden på ham.
Fortællingen om whistlebloweren starter ved en mislykket karriere i hæren. Den unge mand finder dog hurtigt ud af, at han har et talent for kodning og hacking, så han søger job som sikkerhedskonsulent hos CIA. Ufin brug af information ligger dybt i den verden, han befinder sig i, og på et tidspunkt får han nok: Velvidende at det vil koste ham karriere, familieliv og måske endda livet vælger han at stjæle fortrolige informationer om overvågning af privatpersoner, politikere og firmaer i hele verden.
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
Worricker opsiger sit job i MI5 og rejser til Turks og Caicos-øerne for at lægge sit arbejde bag sig. Men et møde med en CIA-agent bringer ham snart tilbage på sagen, da han bliver bedt om at afdække de virkelige motiver hos en gruppe amerikanske forretningsmænd, der har ankommet til øen, tilsyneladende for at deltage i en konference om verdensfinanskrisen. Worricker afdækker snart omfanget af deres skjulte aktiviteter og må handle hurtigt for at overleve.
Den småkorrupte politimand Rick får til opgave at passe på USA's forsvarsminister til et boksestævne. Da ministeren bliver skudt er der pludselig 14.000 mistænkte, og så er fanden løs i Laksegade.
Året er 2003. Den britiske efterretningsspecialist Katharine Gunn modtager et fortroligt memo. Amerikanerne ønsker at spionere mod medlemmer af FN's Sikkerhedsråd, så de kan presses til at stemme for en invasion af Irak. Hun lækker memoet til pressen. Det antænder en diplomatisk krise, og bringer Katharine og hendes familie i fare. Baseret på virkelige hændelser.
Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.
In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.
I 1979 var ”Kina Syndromet” en film som alle snakkede om, takket været den enorme offentlige omtale, frembragt af den virkelige ”Twelve Mile Island” ulykke. Virkelighedens skæbne afspejlede ikke bare hændelserne fra filmen, men skete bare 12 dage efter premieren. På et amerikansk atomkraftværk overværer en TV-journalist og hendes fotograf et uheld, som senere viser sig at kunne have forårsaget en alvorlig katastrofe. Selv om fotografen har beviser for uheldet, dysses sagen ned, også af TV-stationen. Samtidig opdager en af kraftværkets ingeniører Jack Godell, at der er graverende fejl i værkets udstyr. Da han fortæller andre herom, forsøger nogen tilsyneladende at slå ham ihjel.
A darkly comic, character-driven thriller following Ewan, a government whistleblower, and Silke, his forthright Flemish wife, as they are sent to a remote country house in west Belgium. Joined by two close protection officers, they await the arrival of a British journalist.
A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political discourse. Academy Award nominee James Cromwell presents Janek Ambros' directorial debut. The feature doc tackles the War on Terror's impact on civil liberties and the strange coalition it's creating between the progressive left and libertarian right. The doc examines the NSA, drones, the war on journalism and other encroachments on civil liberties started by the Bush era and expanded by the Democratic establishment.
Three National Security whistleblowers fight to reveal the darkest corners of America's war on terror, challenging a government that is increasingly determined to maintain secrecy.
A mysterious computer virus wipes out highly classified personnel files at the NSA, prompting a top secret investigation. RAYMOND BERRY, an NSA operative is thrown into a detention center, where he is suspected of crimes against the United States. He fights to stay alive, hoping to reunite with TABITHA, a CIA agent he has recently fallen in love with. Ray discovers that Tabitha is not who she says she is, complicating his plans to escape his former life and start over in anonymity.
An examination of our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies.
Journalist Rommy Kirchhoff wants to interview a whistle-blower. Paul Holthaus, lobbyist on behalf of the agricultural company Norgreen Life Inc., is ready to report on the background negotiations on TTIP. But as soon as the explosive interview begins, Rommy is overwhelmed. When she regains consciousness, there is no trace of the informant. Rommy realizes she has entered a story of unprecedented proportions.
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.
Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place. Apparently, Russia is interfering in the US presidential elections while it mourns the death of its ambassador to Turkey. Snowden carefully chooses his interviews, so nobody really knows something about him. As the world prepares for Christmas, they gather to discuss the only issue that matters, their common struggle: how to save democracy.
Luksong Tinik shows how Beth Pineda, a loving single mother involved in illegal activities as courier for a fake passport syndicate, is dragged into a media frenzy. She gets caught between the truth, too much deadly information and the manipulative media. Like the game of luksong tinik (jumping over thorns), her situation becomes more dangerous as the leaps get higher.
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.