United States of secrets

Resource Information

The work United States of secrets represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Hamilton East Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

United States of secrets

Statement of responsibility

a Frontline production with the Kirk Documentary Group ; Rain Media ; producers, Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Mike Wiser, Martin Smith ; writers, Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser, Martin Smith ; director, Michael Kirk

Creator

• Frontline (Television program), Selections.

Contributor

• Frontline Television News
• Kirk Documentary Group
• PBS Distribution (Firm)
• Rain Media, Inc
• WGBH Educational Foundation
• Gilmore, Jim
• Kirk, Michael
• Lyman, Will, 1948-
• Smith, Martin, (Martin E)
• Sugarman, Dan

Subject

• Data mining in law enforcement -- United States
• Defense information, Classified -- United States
• Documentary television programs
• Electronic surveillance -- United States
• Espionage -- United States
• Government information -- Access control -- United States
• Leaks (Disclosure of information) -- United States -- 21st century
• National security -- United States
• Nonfiction television programs
• Official secrets -- United States -- History
• Snowden, Edward J, 1983-
• Television news programs
• Terrorism -- Prevention | Government policy -- United States
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Documentary television programs
• Nonfiction television programs
• Television news programs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Investigates the secret history of the unprecedented surveillance program that began in the wake of September 11th and continues today. As big technology companies encouraged users to share more and more information about their lives, they created a trove of data that could be useful not simply to advertisers, but also to the government. The revelations of NSA contractor Edward Snowden would push Silicon Valley into the center of a debate over privacy and government surveillance

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• Credits vary by episode
• Part two: Writer and producer, Martin Smith

Dewey number

353.1

Language note

Closed-captioned (SDH: subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing)

PerformerNote

Reporters: Jim Gilmore, Dan Sugarman ; narrator: Will Lyman

Runtime

180

Technique

live action