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  • Frontline United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program (Season 32, Episode 9)
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    TV Episode | 114 min | Documentary, News

Frontline

United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program (Season 32, Episode 9)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 114 min | Documentary, News

From PBS and Frontline: Last year Edward Snowden downloaded tens of thousands of top-secret documents from a highly secure government computer network. The revelations that followed touched off a fierce debate over the massive surveillance...See moreFrom PBS and Frontline: Last year Edward Snowden downloaded tens of thousands of top-secret documents from a highly secure government computer network. The revelations that followed touched off a fierce debate over the massive surveillance operations conducted by the National Security Agency. Now FRONTLINE investigates the secret history of the unprecedented surveillance program that began in the wake of September 11th and continues today. Through exclusive interviews with intelligence insiders, cabinet officials, and government whistle-blowers, Part One reveals how the U.S. government came to monitor the communications of millions of Americans and to collect billions of records on ordinary people around the world. Written by Anonymous See less
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55 cast members
Name Known for
Will Lyman
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
Thomas Drake
Self - NSA Senior Executive, 2001-08 Self - NSA Senior Executive, 2001-08   See fewer
Barton Gellman
Self - The Washington Post & Frontline Self - The Washington Post & Frontline   See fewer
Peter Baker
Self - The New York Times Self - The New York Times   See fewer
Mark Klein
Self - Former AT&T Technician Self - Former AT&T Technician   See fewer
Michael Hayden
Self - NSA Director, 1999-05 Self - NSA Director, 1999-05   See fewer
George W. Bush
Self - President (archive footage) Self - President (archive footage)   See fewer
Ron Wyden
Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage) Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)   See fewer
Diane Roark
Self - Staff, House Intel. Cmte., 1985-02 Self - Staff, House Intel. Cmte., 1985-02   See fewer
Luke Harding
Self - The Guardian Self - The Guardian   See fewer
Glenn Greenwald
Self - The Guardian, 2012-13 Self - The Guardian, 2012-13   See fewer
Ewen MacAskill
Self - The Guardian (as Ewen Macaskill) Self - The Guardian (as Ewen Macaskill)   See fewer
Vito Potenza
Self - NSA Dep. General Counsel, 1993-06 Self - NSA Dep. General Counsel, 1993-06   See fewer
Kirk Wiebe
Self - NSA Senior Analyst, 1975-01 (as J. Kirk Wiebe) Self - NSA Senior Analyst, 1975-01 (as J. Kirk Wiebe)   See fewer
James Bamford
Self - Author, The Shaddow Factory Self - Author, The Shaddow Factory   See fewer
Alberto Gonzales
Self - White House Counsel, 2001-05 Self - White House Counsel, 2001-05   See fewer
Frank Church
Self - Senator, Idaho (archive footage) Self - Senator, Idaho (archive footage)   See fewer
Ryan Lizza
Self - The New Yorker Self - The New Yorker   See fewer
Edward Loomis
Self - NSA Cryptologist, 1964-01 Self - NSA Cryptologist, 1964-01   See fewer
Dick Cheney
Self - Vice President (archive footage) Self - Vice President (archive footage)   See fewer
Andrew Card
Self - White House Chief of Staff, 2001-06 Self - White House Chief of Staff, 2001-06   See fewer
Robert Deitz
Self - NSA General Counsel, 1998-06 Self - NSA General Counsel, 1998-06   See fewer
Jane Mayer
Self - The New Yorker Self - The New Yorker   See fewer
William Binney
Self - NSA Techincal Director, 1965-01 Self - NSA Techincal Director, 1965-01   See fewer
Porter Goss
Self - Chair, House Intel. Cmte., 1997-04 Self - Chair, House Intel. Cmte., 1997-04   See fewer
Patrick Radden Keefe
Self - Author, Chatter Self - Author, Chatter   See fewer
Thomas Tamm
Self - Attorney, Dept. of Justice, 1998-06 Self - Attorney, Dept. of Justice, 1998-06   See fewer
Michael Isikoff
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
Jack Goldsmith
Self - Office of Legal Counsel, 2003-04 Self - Office of Legal Counsel, 2003-04   See fewer
Eric Lichtblau
Self - The New York Times Self - The New York Times   See fewer
James Risen
Self - The New York Times Self - The New York Times   See fewer
Philip Taubman
Self - DC Bureau Chief, The New York Times, 2003-07 Self - DC Bureau Chief, The New York Times, 2003-07   See fewer
Bill Keller
Self - Exec. Editor, The New York Times, 2003-11 Self - Exec. Editor, The New York Times, 2003-11   See fewer
Siobhan Gorman
Self - The Baltimore Sun, 2005-07 Self - The Baltimore Sun, 2005-07   See fewer
Jesselyn Radack
Self - Drake's Attorney Self - Drake's Attorney   See fewer
Barack Obama
Self - President (archive footage) Self - President (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard A. Clarke
Self - White House NSA Review Group, 2013 (as Richard Clarke) Self - White House NSA Review Group, 2013 (as Richard Clarke)   See fewer
Ben Rhodes
Self - Obama Dep. Nat'l Security Advisor Self - Obama Dep. Nat'l Security Advisor   See fewer
Matthew Olsen
Self - Dir., Nat'l Counterterrorism Center Self - Dir., Nat'l Counterterrorism Center   See fewer
David Addington
Self - Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (archive footage) Self - Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (archive footage)   See fewer
Keith Alexander
Self - NSA Director (archive footage) (as General Keith Alexander) Self - NSA Director (archive footage) (as General Keith Alexander)   See fewer
John Ashcroft
Self - Former US Attorney General (archive footage) Self - Former US Attorney General (archive footage)   See fewer
Maureen Baginski
Self - Former Signals Intelligence Director at the National Security Agency (archive footage) Self - Former Signals Intelligence Director at the National Security Agency (archive footage)   See fewer
James Comey
Self - Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage) Self - Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)   See fewer
Eric Holder
Self - Former U.S. Attorney General (archive footage) Self - Former U.S. Attorney General (archive footage)   See fewer
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Self - U.S. District Court, Washington, DC (archive footage) Self - U.S. District Court, Washington, DC (archive footage)   See fewer
John McLaughlin
Self - Acting CIA Director (archive footage) Self - Acting CIA Director (archive footage)   See fewer
Mike McNally
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Robert Mueller
Self - FBI Director, 2001 to 2013 (archive footage) (as Robert S. Mueller III) Self - FBI Director, 2001 to 2013 (archive footage) (as Robert S. Mueller III)   See fewer
Laura Poitras
Self - Documentary Filmmaker (archive footage) Self - Documentary Filmmaker (archive footage)   See fewer
Condoleezza Rice
Self - National Security Advisor (archive footage) Self - National Security Advisor (archive footage)   See fewer
Edward Snowden
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Sulzberger
Self - Publisher, The New York Times (archive footage) Self - Publisher, The New York Times (archive footage)   See fewer
George Tenet
Self - Director of Central Intelligence (archive footage) Self - Director of Central Intelligence (archive footage)   See fewer
Steven Tyrrell
Self - Federal Prosecutor (archive footage) Self - Federal Prosecutor (archive footage)   See fewer
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