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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers.
Whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked the documents about US mass surveillance. He spoke about his disclosures and his life to NDR investigative journalist Seipel in Moscow.
Shiva Kumar re-locates to Mumbai to live with his brother, and joins the police force. However, he befriends a rebel journalist hoping to expose the corruption of the force he works for.
Federal officer with the Department of Homeland Security discovers a national security breach related to the entry of 23 aliens from terrorist countries into the United States. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, former head of the DEA Robert Bonner can't afford any more media scrutiny, since his incompetence was already exposed in the NASA 'Challenger' disaster. To avoid the scandal, the full might of the government is unleashed against Julia Davis, her family and witnesses. This retaliation reaches an unprecedented magnitude, including four unexplained deaths, Hollywood and the Mafia, false imprisonments and the use of Blackhawk helicopters and airplanes for warrantless surveillance. Amidst many shocking revelations, this documentary provides a new insight into the deaths of well-known Hollywood figures unwittingly dragged into this scandal. The truth is no longer a secret.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Los Angeles District Attorney’s office professes to protect the residents of Los Angeles County by prosecuting violent and dangerous criminals and seeking justice for all. But there is a dark side to the LA DA’s operations, when it is utilized by powers-that-be to persecute whistleblowers, violate the civil rights of U.S. citizens and stop investigations of criminal elements.