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A Good American

A Good American

2015·Movie·1h 40m15

Documentary

7.1 / 10 (38 votes)

How our security was sold for money

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.

Directed by
Friedrich Moser
Original language
English
Released
23 September 2015

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • WB

    William Binney

    Self

  • Thomas Drake

    Thomas Drake

    Self

  • EL

    Edward Loomis

    Self

  • JR

    Jesselyn Radack

    Self

  • DR

    Diane Roark

    Self

  • TS

    Tim Shorrock

    Self

  • KW

    Kirk Wiebe

    Self