HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle
Expand

WikiLeaks, Assange & the End of Secrecy: Alex Gibney on "We Steal Secrets"

Views:882
@ReasonVids

"It's terribly important that we see the horrors of war, because then we know what's happening in our names," says Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney. "If that stuff is kept secret, then we're on our way to tyranny."

Reason TV's Zach Weissmueller sat down to talk with Gibney, the man behind Taxi to the Dark Side and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, about his latest documentary, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, which opens on May 24.

Watch the interview above to find out why Gibney considers Bradley Manning a tragic hero, Julian Assange an egomaniac who "believes his own fiction," and Wikileaks and similar projects forces for liberation in an age of tyrannical despots abroad and a growing surveillance state at home.

Approximately 9:30.

Interview by Zach Weissmueller. Camera by Tracy Oppenheimer and Paul Detrick.

Visit http://reason.com/reasontv for downloadable versions and subscribe to ReasonTV's YouTube Channel to receive notification when new material goes live.

julian assange
,
bradley manning
,
wikileaks (organization)
,
secrecy
,
transparency
,
leaks
,
internet freedom
,
radical transparency
,
arab spring
,
alex gibney
,
documentary
,
libertarian
,
zach weissmueller
,
nick gillespie
,
reason magazine
    Thumbnail for Forget Angelina Jolie: How Obamacare Endangers Your Breasts2:18
    Forget Angelina Jolie: How Obamacare Endangers Your Breasts
    ReasonVids
    899 views
    Thumbnail for Biden Is Lying About the Deficit2:56
    Biden Is Lying About the Deficit
    ReasonVids
    910 views
    Thumbnail for ATTN POLICE: Enough Already with the Jaywalking Stings! Don't Cops Have Better Things To Do?3:08
    ATTN POLICE: Enough Already with the Jaywalking Stings! Don't Cops Have Better Things To Do?
    ReasonVids
    910 views
    Thumbnail for Codeword: Bongino0:52
    Codeword: Bongino
    bestofupgoat
    50 views
    Thumbnail for 🔴 F1 DIRECTO | GRAN PREMIO DE MÉXICO 2024 - LIBRES 1 - Live Timing2:33:45
    🔴 F1 DIRECTO | GRAN PREMIO DE MÉXICO 2024 - LIBRES 1 - Live Timing
    invidious
    167 views
    Thumbnail for World's Fastest Trains, Compared | Cleo Abram0:44
    World's Fastest Trains, Compared | Cleo Abram
    invidious
    40 views
    Thumbnail for Fight Hate Speech with More Speech, Not Censorship: ACLU's Nadine Strossen22:45
    Fight Hate Speech with More Speech, Not Censorship: ACLU's Nadine Strossen
    ReasonVids
    903 views
    Thumbnail for Elon Goes SCORCHED EARTH On Trump’s Budget Bill! | The Jimmy Dore Show19:57
    Elon Goes SCORCHED EARTH On Trump’s Budget Bill! | The Jimmy Dore Show
    invidious
    70 views
    Thumbnail for John McCain on Boehner's Resignation, Kim Davis, Drug Legalization, Planned Parenthood10:31
    John McCain on Boehner's Resignation, Kim Davis, Drug Legalization, Planned Parenthood
    ReasonVids
    797 views
    Thumbnail for COLETIVA ARTUR JORGE AO VIVO - BOTAFOGO X CRICIÚMA DIRETO DO MARACANÃ - BRASILEIRÃO 2024 | Litoral News20:12
    COLETIVA ARTUR JORGE AO VIVO - BOTAFOGO X CRICIÚMA DIRETO DO MARACANÃ - BRASILEIRÃO 2024 | Litoral News
    invidious
    179 views
    Thumbnail for Putting a Team Together - NPC D&D - Episode 24031:02
    Putting a Team Together - NPC D&D - Episode 240
    invidious
    64 views
    Thumbnail for Test Our PC Game – Star Birds Demo Out Now! | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell0:47
    Test Our PC Game – Star Birds Demo Out Now! | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
    invidious
    45 views
    Thumbnail for Revealing Exchange! 🔥🔥 #usa #israel #palestine #politics  #uk #news #canada #europe  #congress | Breezy Politics0:56
    Revealing Exchange! 🔥🔥 #usa #israel #palestine #politics #uk #news #canada #europe #congress | Breezy Politics
    invidious
    48 views
    Thumbnail for Alyson Stoner dared me to make Isabella's CINNAMON FIRESIDE COOKIES! | Little Remy Food 🐭🍝0:30
    Alyson Stoner dared me to make Isabella's CINNAMON FIRESIDE COOKIES! | Little Remy Food 🐭🍝
    invidious
    67 views
    Thumbnail for With Ron Paul retiring, who will pick up the mantle of the libertarian movement?3:03
    With Ron Paul retiring, who will pick up the mantle of the libertarian movement?
    ReasonVids
    910 views
    Thumbnail for It’s Time to Fund Students, Not Systems43:07
    It’s Time to Fund Students, Not Systems
    IJvids
    1002 views
    Thumbnail for Does Fractional Reserve Banking Endanger the Economy? A Debate1:24:53
    Does Fractional Reserve Banking Endanger the Economy? A Debate
    ReasonVids
    729 views
    Thumbnail for Remy: $20 Trillion Reasons (Lady Gaga Million Reasons Parody)2:20
    Remy: $20 Trillion Reasons (Lady Gaga Million Reasons Parody)
    ReasonVids
    910 views
    Thumbnail for The Backrooms - Endless Slide (Found Footage) | Cutesh0:56
    The Backrooms - Endless Slide (Found Footage) | Cutesh
    invidious
    325 views
    Thumbnail for How Anarchism Can Solve Social Problems: Gary Chartier at Freedom Fest 20134:21
    How Anarchism Can Solve Social Problems: Gary Chartier at Freedom Fest 2013
    ReasonVids
    1048 views
    Thumbnail for Hitler recalls the 9th of November Revolution.11:22
    Hitler recalls the 9th of November Revolution.
    bestofupgoat
    445 views
    Thumbnail for Bret Easton Ellis on ‘American Psycho’, Hollywood Hypocrisy, and the Excesses of #MeToo1:10:05
    Bret Easton Ellis on ‘American Psycho’, Hollywood Hypocrisy, and the Excesses of #MeToo
    ReasonVids
    934 views
    Thumbnail for Bret Easton Ellis on ‘American Psycho’, Hollywood Hypocrisy, and the Excesses of #MeToo1:10:05
    Bret Easton Ellis on ‘American Psycho’, Hollywood Hypocrisy, and the Excesses of #MeToo
    ReasonVids
    934 views
    Thumbnail for Richest Influencer in the World 😭 | Danny Rayes0:25
    Richest Influencer in the World 😭 | Danny Rayes
    invidious
    113 views
    Thumbnail for Mozzarella Stick Onion Rings | Kroger0:20
    Mozzarella Stick Onion Rings | Kroger
    invidious
    70 views

points

Permalink
Reply
julian assange
,
bradley manning
,
wikileaks (organization)
,
secrecy
,
transparency
,
leaks
,
internet freedom
,
radical transparency
,
arab spring
,
alex gibney
,
documentary
,
libertarian
,
zach weissmueller
,
nick gillespie
,
reason magazine
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle