Daniel Ellsberg
Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Acting
Franz Gayl
Self - Whistleblower
Acting
Seymour Hersh
Self - Journalist
Acting
David Carr
Self - Journalist, New York Times
Acting
Sharon Weinberger
Self - National Security Reporter
Acting
Tom Vanden Brook
Self - Journalist, USA Today
Acting
Danielle Brian
Self - Executive Director at Project On Government Oversight
Acting
Conchita Gayl
Self - Franz Gayl's Wife
Acting
Joe Biden
Self - Vice President (archive footage)
Acting
Robert Gates
Self - Former Secretary of Defense
Acting
Ben Freeman
Self - National Security Investigator at the Project on Government Oversight
Acting
Winslow Wheeler
Self - Director of the Straus Military Reform Project
Acting
William Hartung
Self - Director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy
Acting
Pete Sepp
Self - Executive Vice President for National Taxpayers Union
Acting
Dana Priest
Self - Investigative Reporter, Washington Post
Acting
Michael Isikoff
Self - National Investigative Correspondent for NBC News
Acting
Thomas Drake
Self - Whistleblower
Acting
Michael DeKort
Self - Whistleblower
Acting
Thomas Tamm
Self - Whistleblower
Acting
Jane Mayer
Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Acting
Tom Devine
Self - Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project
Acting
Bill Keller
Self - Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
Acting
Eric Lipton
Self - Investigative Reporter, The New York Times
Acting
Kate Bohner
Self - KBTV Video Blog
Acting
Jesselyn Radack
Self - Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project
Acting
J. William Leonard
Self - Former Director of the Information Security Oversight Office
Acting
Steven Aftergood
Himself - Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, The Federation of American Scientists
Acting
Barack Obama
Self - President (archive footage)
Acting
Jake Tapper
Self - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN (archive footage)
Acting
Jay Carney
Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)
Acting
Lucy Dalglish
Herself - Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Acting
James Risen
Self - New York Times (archive footage)
Acting
Chelsea Manning
Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)
Acting
John Kiriakou
Self - Whistleblower (archive footage)
Acting
Glenn Greenwald
Self - Journalist, The Guardian
Acting
Shannon Bream
Self - Fox News Anchor (archive footage)
Acting
Stephen Vladeck
Self - American University Washington College of Law (archive footage)
Acting
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Pierre Sprey
Self - Weapons Designer and Analyst
Acting