{"id":15353,"date":"2013-07-09T18:25:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T17:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=15353"},"modified":"2013-07-09T18:31:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T17:31:45","slug":"interview-alex-gibney-on-we-steal-secrets-the-story-of-wikileaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2013\/07\/09\/interview-alex-gibney-on-we-steal-secrets-the-story-of-wikileaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Alex Gibney on We Steal Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Julian<\/a><\/p>\n

We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks<\/a> is the new documentary from director Alex Gibney<\/a> (Taxi to the Darkside<\/a>, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God<\/a>) and explores the organization started in 2006 by Julian Assange.<\/p>\n

It then charts the various people involved in the leaking of secret information, including hackers, journalists and activists who during 2009-2010, leaked information about the\u00a0the Icelandic financial collapse<\/a>,\u00a0Swiss banks evading tax<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0toxic-waste dumping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It then focuses on the\u00a0case of Bradley Manning<\/a>, the army private who leaked an enormous amount of classified information about the Afghan<\/a> and Iraq<\/a> wars, as well as over 250,000 diplomatic cables<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since the film premiered at Sundance in January<\/a>, Manning has pleaded guilty and could face the death penalty, some Wikileaks supporters have taken issue with the film and Assange remains holed up in diplomatic limbo at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.<\/p>\n