A Good American

A Good American

How our security was sold for money

2015•1h 40m•7.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(36)

A Good American tells the story of the best code-breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets and render results in real-time while keeping the privacy as demanded by the US constitution.

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Production

Slingshot Films, Blue + Green Communication

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

William Binney

Self

Thomas Drake

Thomas Drake

Self

Edward Loomis

Self

Jesselyn Radack

Self

Diane Roark

Self

Tim Shorrock

Self

Kirk Wiebe

Self

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