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Enemies of the State

So at this stageof his trajectory, I'm a little uncomfortablesaying he's a whistleblower,...

So at this stage
of his trajectory, I'm a little uncomfortable
saying he's a whistleblower, um, other than the fact that he's
certainly trying to blow the whistle on the way
the US government treated him

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So at this stage of his trajectory,
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I'm a little uncomfortable saying he's a whistleblower,
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um, other than the fact that he's certainly trying to blow the whistle
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on the way the US government treated him.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:28
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Submarine Entertainment,Codebreaker Films,Chicken & Egg Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,The Reva and David Logan Foundation,Sundance Institute

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Movie Summary

An American family becomes entangled in a bizarre web of secrets and lies when their hacker son is targeted by the U.S. government, making them all ENEMIES OF THE STATE.
There was, I think, about 15 months - Enemies of the State 00:28
There was, I think, about 15 months
Matt, when he came up here, was free and out on bond, - Enemies of the State 00:16
Matt, when he came up here, was free and out on bond,
They actually had their hands clamped on his, - Enemies of the State 00:09
They actually had their hands clamped on his,
Yeah, from being tortured, that's where he got PTSD. - Enemies of the State 00:05
Yeah, from being tortured, that's where he got PTSD.
- And who tortured him? - The FBI tortured him. - Enemies of the State 00:04
- And who tortured him? - The FBI tortured him.
Tor Ekeland was in the videos, - Enemies of the State 00:10
Tor Ekeland was in the videos,
The Courage Foundation supports whistleblowers, - Enemies of the State 00:12
The Courage Foundation supports whistleblowers,
One of the first people - Enemies of the State 00:14
One of the first people
And along the way over the years, other people were added - Enemies of the State 00:14
And along the way over the years, other people were added
It certainly was coincidental - Enemies of the State 00:08
It certainly was coincidental
It did seem like he was sort of riding on the tails - Enemies of the State 00:10
It did seem like he was sort of riding on the tails
By late 2009, someone had uploaded a file to The Shell, - Enemies of the State 00:13
By late 2009, someone had uploaded a file to The Shell,
I consider myself to be an information freedom activist - Enemies of the State 00:15
I consider myself to be an information freedom activist
The timeframe that my prosecution occurred - Enemies of the State 00:12
The timeframe that my prosecution occurred
When all of this media was being generated, - Enemies of the State 00:16
When all of this media was being generated,
So it was interesting to see the perspective that they were putting out - Enemies of the State 00:12
So it was interesting to see the perspective that they were ...
They put up Facebook pages, held news conferences, - Enemies of the State 00:17
They put up Facebook pages, held news conferences,
I can only imagine how difficult - Enemies of the State 00:21
I can only imagine how difficult
A former American soldier allegedly turned hacker - Enemies of the State 00:34
A former American soldier allegedly turned hacker
It ended with the claims for asylum being refused. - Enemies of the State 00:05
It ended with the claims for asylum being refused.