We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
2013 · 127 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 8,247 VOTES · DIR. Alex Gibney
Overview
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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00:00:42 Anti-nuclear groups go to court to try to
00:05:34 And so this sort of profession combines all those three things.
00:10:56 Not even Congress knows the entire budget.
00:16:41 And see for ourselves.
00:22:49 Deeply wrong.
00:29:23 But Adrian was on the fence about it ethically.
00:36:35 It was literally just a home away from home.
00:44:40 Julian Assange allegedly accessed computer systems around the world
00:49:57 While on leave, he contacted The Washington Post
00:55:07 that we would publish everything that they gave to us.
00:59:49 This particularly related to ordinary Afghan civilians
01:04:21 "or at least answer the phone."
01:09:07 and Afghan partners.
01:13:08 looking to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
01:18:05 Sorry.
01:23:01 of not intervening when coming across detainee abuse
01:28:35 with about four MPs.
01:34:02 I think Obama should put out a contract and maybe use a drone or something.
01:38:16 Assange's arrest had become a mythic moment
01:44:10 I find quite troubling.
01:48:50 No one knows now whether money given to WikiLeaks
01:52:58 Some of the cables also leaked to a European dictator
01:57:48 At night, guards kept him cold and woke him frequently
02:01:55 it is an attack on the international community.
Cast & Characters
Adrian Lamo
Self - Hacker
John 'FuzzFace' McMahon
Self - NASA Network Administrator
Alex Gibney
Self - Narrator
Robert Manne
Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Heather Brooke
Self - Journalist
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
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,986
Dialogue density15.6 lines / min
First line00:00:42
Final line02:01:55
Production Record
DirectorAlex Gibney
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$602,042
IMDb votes8,247