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The general media generally gave positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a "fresh" rating. The Village Voice called it "Fast-moving and sleekly crafted...accessible without sacrificing nuance or intelligence." Booklist commented on the importance of the message while Bloomberg noted the subject's
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Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, there was hope that whistleblowers would finally have more protection and encouragement to speak up. But according to the film, times have never been worse for national security whistleblowers. The Obama administration attacked more whistleblowers under the
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highlights recent cases where American government employees and contractors took to the media to expose fraud and abuse. In all cases the whistleblowing was to the detriment of their professional and personal lives. With President Obama's commitment to transparency and the passage of the
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was reviewed in both the general and the progressive media.
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than all previous administrations combined. According to
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