剧情：OnlyelevenAmericanshaveeverbeenchargedundertheEspionageActof1917.EightofthemsincePresidentObamatookoffice.Oscar-nominateddocumentarianJamesSpionereturnstotheFestivalwiththeincrediblepersonaljourneysoftwomembersofthatoctet,ThomasDrakeandJohnKiriakou,alongwithJesselynRadack,theaccountabilityadvocatewhohelpedbringtheircasest... (展开全部) OnlyelevenAmericanshaveeverbeenchargedundertheEspionageActof1917.EightofthemsincePresidentObamatookoffice.Oscar-nominateddocumentarianJamesSpionereturnstotheFestivalwiththeincrediblepersonaljourneysoftwomembersofthatoctet,ThomasDrakeandJohnKiriakou,alongwithJesselynRadack,theaccountabilityadvocatewhohelpedbringtheircasest... OnlyelevenAmericanshaveeverbeenchargedundertheEspionageActof1917.EightofthemsincePresidentObamatookoffice.Oscar-nominateddocumentarianJamesSpionereturnstotheFestivalwiththeincrediblepersonaljourneysoftwomembersofthatoctet,ThomasDrakeandJohnKiriakou,alongwithJesselynRadack,theaccountabilityadvocatewhohelpedbringtheircasestolight. Withparticularresonanceinthepost-Snowdenera,Silencedmakesanimpassionedandthought-provokingdefenseofwhistleblowersasanindispensibleunitinafunctioningdemocracy.SpionecataloguestheextraordinarylengthstowhichtheU.S.governmenthasgonetokeepitsmostdamningsecrets,asRadack,Drake,andKiriakou,theex-CIAoperativewhofirstrevealedwaterboardingasanestablishedagencypractice,becomecautionarytalesforanyAmericanwhotakesthegovernment’sfealtytoConstitutionalidealsasagiven.ExecutiveProducedbySusanSarandon.