We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

The truth has consequences.

R 2013 · 127 min · ★ 6.5 · Documentary, Drama

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.

Directed by Alex Gibney · Written by Alex Gibney

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Julian Assange Self - Founder, WikiLeaks (archive footage)
Chelsea Manning Self - WikiLeaks Source (archive footage)
Heather Brooke Self - Journalist
Alex Gibney Narrator (voice)
Robert Manne Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne
John 'Fuzface' McMahon Self - NASA Network Administrator
Michael Hayden Self - Former NSA and CIA Director
J. William Leonard Self - U.S. Government Classification Czar
Daniel Domscheit-Berg Self - Former WikiLeaks Spokesperson
Smári McCarthy Self - Icelandic Digital Freedom Society
Birgitta Jónsdóttir Self - Icelandic Parliamentarian
Adrian Lamo Self - Hacker

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