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Enemies of the State

There was,I think, about 15 months of seeking asylum in Canada, and the parentswere very,...

There was,
I think, about 15 months of seeking asylum in Canada, and the parents
were very, very active in looking for support wherever
they could find support for the idea that Matthew was a WikiLeaks-type
whistleblower who had been unfairly
accused by the United States

Full Transcript

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There was, I think, about 15 months
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of seeking asylum in Canada,
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and the parents were very, very active
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in looking for support wherever they could find support
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for the idea that Matthew
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was a WikiLeaks-type whistleblower
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who had been unfairly accused by the United States.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:44
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.
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.
Because the board member ruled that at the end of the day, - Enemies of the State 00:23
Because the board member ruled that at the end of the day,