We Steal Secrets: Die WikiLeaks Geschichte (2013)

We Steal Secrets: Die WikiLeaks Geschichte: Directed by Alex Gibney. With John ‘FuzzFace’ McMahon, Alex Gibney, Julian Assange, Robert Manne. A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

“Both the US government and Julian Assange come under lots of criticism in this movie. One of the major arcs of the movie is Assangeu0026#39;s descent into what he claims to hate: a power-mad autocrat obsessed with secrecy. Meanwhile, the US government comes across poorly for their treatment of Bradley Manning, along with them casting Assange as a villain but ignoring the mainstream media that worked with Assange.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe doc probably could have used a little bit more of a pro-Assange viewpoint. To be fair, they did ask to interview Assange, but (according to the doc) he asked for $1 million.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile the movie doesnu0026#39;t have interviews with Assange or Manning, they do have interviews with former Wikileaks employees, people who knew Bradley Manning, and others. The film focuses on more than just Assange, as it also looks at the impact of the cables released by Wikileaks, along with the US governmentu0026#39;s policies before and after Wikileaks.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt should be noted that Wikileaks disputes the accuracy of the film, while the director disputes the account of Wikileaks. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Steal_Secrets#Response_from_Wikileaksu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLooking at the other reviews, this review will probably be voted as u0026quot;unhelpfulu0026quot; by Assange supporters, but oh well. Watch the movie and make up your mind for yourself.”