Cover-Up
In the 1960s and 2000s, photographs emerged from American military operations abroad, each documenting atrocities the government had concealed. Seymour Hersh (Seymour Hersh), an investigative journalist, pursued the stories behind them through sources and documents. Poitras and Obenhaus trace how each truth was dug up and then contested, the image of the uncovered crime sitting in the light where power had wanted only darkness.
Seymour Hershas Self - Investigative Journalist
Jeff Gerthas Self - The New York Times
David Obstas Self - Dispatch News
Bob Woodwardas Self - The Washington Post
Max Friedmanas Self - Former Research Assistant
Amy Davidson Sorkinas Self - The New Yorker
Antonio Tagubaas Self - U.S. Army Major General
Camille Lo Sapioas Self - Anonymous Source
Isador Hershas Self - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Dorothy Hershas Self - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Alan Hershas Self - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Elizabeth Klein Hershas Self - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Salvador Allendeas Self - Chilean President (archive footage)
James Jesus Angletonas Self - CIA Chief of Counterintelligence (archive footage)
Michael Bernhardtas Self - U.S. Army Sergeant (archive footage)
Carl Bernsteinas Self - The Washington Post (archive footage)
William Calleyas Self - U.S. Army Lieutenant (archive footage)
Frank Churchas Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage)
William Colbyas Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)
Lawrence X. Cusack IIIas Self - Forged Kennedy Papers (archive footage)
Max Frankelas Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times (archive footage)
Bernard Gwertzmanas Self - Editor, The New York Times (archive footage)
Ron Haeberleas Self - U.S. Army Photographer (archive footage)