A GOOD AMERICAN
synopsis
After the end of the Cold War the best code-breaker the US ever had develops a digital spying tool. It can track every electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets, render results in real-time while respecting privacy. The tool is perfect except for one thing: it is way too cheap. Therefore NSA leadership kills it – 3 weeks prior to 9/11. This is the story of former Technical director of NSA, Bill Binney, and a program called ThinThread.
original title: | A Good American |
country: | Austria, United States |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Friedrich Moser |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | US 15/11/2015 |
screenplay: | Friedrich Moser |
cast: | William Binney, Thomas Drake, Edward Loomis, Jesselyn Radack, Diane Roark, Tim Shorrock, Kirk Wiebe |
cinematography by: | Friedrich Moser |
film editing: | Kirk von Heflin |
music: | Guy Farley, Christopher Slaski |
producer: | Friedrich Moser, Peter Janecek, Michael Seeber |
backing: | Austrian Film Institute, ORF |